Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a frantic manner.

    He searched frantically for his passport before the flight.

    hektisch, verzweifelt, wie verrückt

    неи́стовоneístovo, безу́мноbezúmno

    in an ungovernable manner

  2. (UK, archaic, slang)Extremely; terribly.

Examples

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  1. They're working frantically to finish before the deadline.

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  2. Tom and Mary are frantically trying to get things ready.

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  3. Tom looked around frantically.

    ruТом лихорадочно огляделся.

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  4. Tom struggled frantically to get out of the cave before high tide would flood it.

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  5. Tom struggled frantically.

    ruТом отчаянно боролся.

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Translations

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Origin

From earlier franticly, equivalent to frantic + -ally.

From earlier franticly, equivalent to frantic + -ally.

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Forms

more frantically, most frantically
Comparativemore frantically Lesson
Superlativemost frantically

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • in an ungovernable manner:madly

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfrantic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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