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frantically — is the correct form of the adverb from frantic, not franticly … Modern English usage
frantically — frantic ► ADJECTIVE 1) distraught with fear, anxiety, etc. 2) done in a hurried and chaotic way. DERIVATIVES frantically adverb franticness noun. ORIGIN Old French frenetique violently mad , from Greek phrenitis (see FRENETIC(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
Frantically — 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. [1913 Webster] Die, frantic wretch, for this… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
frantically — adverb see frantic … New Collegiate Dictionary
frantically — See frantic. * * * … Universalium
frantically — adverb In a frantic way … Wiktionary
frantically — Synonyms and related words: angrily, deliriously, demonically, desperately, distractedly, fanatically, fiercely, frenetically, frenziedly, furiously, hotly, insensately, like mad, like one possessed, madly, mindlessly, rabidly, riotously,… … Moby Thesaurus
frantically — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb In a violent, strenuous way: fiercely, fren ziedly, furiously, hard, strenuously. See STRONG … English dictionary for students
frantically — adv. wildly, madly, hysterically … English contemporary dictionary
frantically — fran·ti·cal·ly … English syllables
