hectic
adjective
characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc..
hecticness
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a word derived from
hectic.
Example Sentences
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But even that break, coupled with the hecticness of the quick move back to Seattle, caught up to him a little on Sunday.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
“Instead of starting musically only, I’m trying to put the audience in a state of mind, of the type of frenzy and frantic, the hecticness I felt getting out of the car,” she explained.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Ms Seif suggested the "hecticness" in British politics in recent months had given civil servants and diplomats an "excuse" to not work hard on resolving her brother's case.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2022
And so every year I remind myself to break away from the compulsory hecticness of the world and to sink back into love, to fall irrevocably into the depths of literary ecstasy.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 28, 2015
You get them very comfortable, set a certain attitude, a certain lack of hecticness, so they can get up and make fools of themselves and not really feel foolish.
From Time Magazine Archive
