FRENETICALLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

frenetically

adverb

as in frantically

in a confused and reckless manner we spent all morning frenetically searching the house for the lost keys

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Recent Examples of frenetically Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026 Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026 Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025 Singer Brendan Yates’ intensity — at one point leaping with abandon, at another frenetically thrusting — is what makes Turnstile cook. — Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025 But then, given how frenetically thrashing the entire tariff and trade policy and strategy have been in practice, expecting a predictable rollout and impact was probably unrealistic on everyone’s part. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025

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Its heroines aren’t frantically networking at film festivals or plotting their next career moves.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026
Stickers are stuck in the wrong spot, Trevor Etienne gets put on the board when it was meant to be his brother Travis, and owners look frantically for a Stefon Diggs or Keenan Allen sticker that doesn’t exist in the pack.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

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But with no enforceable salary cap and unlimited player movement, every year can be wildly different.

— Chris Vannini, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
From his wildly confident personality to wearing every single emotion on his sleeve to never passing on an opportunity to celebrate on the field, humble wouldn't necessarily be the first word fans would use to describe the Chicago Cubs superstar.

— Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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