frantically
in a desperate, wild, or frenzied way, out of extreme excitement, pain, fear, etc.:All this time I was searching frantically in the trash can for my missing keys until, just when I thought all was lost, my finger touched something that jingled.
Origin of frantically
1- Rarely fran·tic·ly .
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How to use frantically in a sentence
"She loves him," exclaimed Morley, wildly, and he rushed franticly from the room.
Sybil | Benjamin DisraeliNot a rebel was to be seen, except those in the tree franticly scrambling to get out, and two others.
Cudjo's Cave | J. T. TrowbridgeShe rushed franticly to the opposite side of the bed from that on which the doctor stood, and violently seized his wrist.
Colin Clink, Volume II (of III) | Charles HootonI planned the whole scene with an earnest heart and franticly set my soul on this project.
Mathilda | Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyJohn Blomfield, alias John Newton, started as if an adder had bitten him, and gazed franticly upon the intruder.
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