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[syn: madly, frantically]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Frantic \Fran"tic\, a. [OE. frentik, frenetik, F. frentique, L.
phreneticus, from Gr. ?. See Frenzy, and cf. Frenetic,
Phrenetic.]
Mad; raving; furious; violent; wild and disorderly;
distracted.
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Die, frantic wretch, for this accursed deed! --Shak.
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Torrents of frantic abuse. --Macaulay.
-- Fran"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Fran"tic*ly, adv. --Shak. --
Fran"tic*ness, n. --Johnson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
frantically
adv 1: in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" [syn:
madly, frantically]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "frantically":
angrily, deliriously, demonically, desperately, distractedly,
fanatically, fiercely, frenetically, frenziedly, furiously, hotly,
insensately, like mad, like one possessed, madly, mindlessly,
rabidly, riotously, severely, stormily, tempestuously, troublously,
turbulently, uncontrollably, uproariously, violently, wildly