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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Eight other people were injured in the incident: six by gunshot wounds and another who was trampled as the crowd frantically fled from the shots.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Jurors attentively studied the video that shows officers frantically trying to revive Neely.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
This February 1969 rendition is a tremendous showcase for his bass running like a jackrabbit just as frantically as Garcia’s lead guitar or the four-armed drumming of Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
Muniz frantically shouted to his pit crew early in the race.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
Jurors attentively studied the video that shows officers frantically trying to revive Neely.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
This February 1969 rendition is a tremendous showcase for his bass running like a jackrabbit just as frantically as Garcia’s lead guitar or the four-armed drumming of Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart.
—Jordan Hoffman, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
Muniz frantically shouted to his pit crew early in the race.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for frantically
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Like [does a wildly tongue-twisting Busta impression].Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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Scripted by Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo, the film watches as a group of best’ friends private and wildly inappropriate, year-long group chat is hacked, which risks upending their individual lives and friendship with one another.Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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These updates were desperately needed, Pearson said, because of a rise in after-dark solicitors.Vivien Ayers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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At the most basic level, some disabled people may simply be looking forward, perhaps desperately because living disabled is expensive, to promised lower prices and a generally more optimistic economic climate — no matter what, no matter how or by whom.Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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All of it wild-caught.Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2020
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Our first stop is in a wild-looking stretch 200 yards south of the railroad tracks and State Street.Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 2 Jan. 2023
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“Frantically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frantically. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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