frantically

English

Alternative forms

• frantickly (obsolete)
• franticly (rare)

Etymology

From earlier franticly, equivalent to frantic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (General American):

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Adverb

frantically (comparative more frantically, superlative most frantically)

1. In a frantic way.

   He searched frantically for his passport before the flight.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:frantically.

Translations

in a frantic manner

Bulgarian: неистово (bg) (neistovo) Catalan: frenèticament (ca) Czech: zoufale (cs) Dutch: verwoed (nl), woest (nl), krankzinnig (nl) Finnish: vimmatusti (fi), raivoisasti (fi), hurjasti (fi), vauhkosti, riehakkaasti (fi) French: éperdument (fr), frénétiquement (fr) German: hektisch (de), verzweifelt (de), wie verrückt Greek: αλλόφρονα (el) (allófrona), εμμανώς (el) (emmanós) Ancient: ἐμμανῶς (emmanôs) Polish: gorączkowo (pl) Romanian: frenetic (ro) Russian: неи́стово (ru) (neístovo), безу́мно (ru) (bezúmno) Spanish: frenéticamente (es), desesperadamente