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

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

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

  3. Tom looked around frantically.

    ruТом лихорадочно огляделся. — odexed

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

  5. Tom struggled frantically.

    ruТом отчаянно боролся. — odexed

Translations

5 languages
Русский
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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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