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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Adverb
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The sky flashes with lightning as frantically as a toddler with a light switch.—
Colleen Hagerty,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025 -
Even the Dodgers, the team that seemingly had everything, are frantically trying to shore up a porous bullpen.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
26 July 2025
Adverb
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Today, governments are wildly off track to achieve them.—
Amitabh Behar,
Time,
28 July 2025
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Donald Trump continued his ostensible effort to distract from the Epstein files fallout by reviving his wildly unfounded accusation that celebrities like Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey were illegally paid millions to endorse Kamala Harris during the 2024 election.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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“Frenetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frenetically. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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