FRANTICALLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

frantically

adverb

ˈfran-ti-k(ə-)lē

Definition of frantically

as in wildly

in a confused and reckless manner the veterinarian ran frantically from room to room looking for the escaped hamster

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Recent Examples of frantically In the past few months, Ankara has been frantically undergoing a makeover in preparation for the summit, repainting buildings, planting roses and unveiling a VIP airport near Erdogan's presidential complex. — Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR, 7 July 2026 Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles. — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026 For five days Oswadeliz Núñez Ramírez has been frantically searching for her son across hospitals in La Guaira and Caracas. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026 Calls are frantically made to multiple team doctors to conjure up the best plan in case of another flare-up, and The Athletic leans out of the team car to pass Ayuso ice to apply to the affected area. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for frantically

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After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
This urban concentration creates hidden local impacts, including wildly uneven regional carbon emissions depending on whether the local grid relies on fossil fuels or green energy.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of wildly

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The simple answer is that air conditioning is not customary in France, and their architecture is traditionally not built to accommodate it well, even for those who are now desperately seeking relief.

— Morgan Simon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
No contender needed offensive upgrades more desperately than the Guardians, who own the league’s worst team OPS.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of desperately

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Two more runs scored in the fourth inning when Ohtani, Pages and Freeman strung together three consecutive two-out singles and Keller wild-pitched a run home.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 12 June 2026
First, like cucumbers, squash is a wild-growing vegetable that competes for garden space, according to Dilmore.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026

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