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English
Etymology
From frantic + -ly.
Adverb
franticly (comparative more franticly, superlative most franticly)
- (rare) In a frantic manner.
2012 April 19, Jordan Wiser, The Invasion, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 49:We started back off down the road, I franticly looked everywhere off the side of the road thinking maybe he crashed, or maybe he was hurt. I didn't know and thoughts were flooding my mind.
2013 February, Daniel Pitt, Edith's Return to Devon, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291:They were probably pouring brandy and smoking, slumped over Father's desk, franticly going through papers and financial statements.
2017 May 22, R. A. Rios, The Flash Point Project: The world has changed by the twenty second century, but not all is what we would have dreamt it could be., →ISBN:Entering the elevator once again there is now a sense of urgency about us as we franticly mount our search for defense, this now being our first priority. But when the elevator got to level five the elevator doors do not open as normal.
2020, Andrew Cooper, Untitled, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 16:He can hear a man's footsteps running and crying out in panic from a distance. As he opens his eyes, he can see a man running through a hospital hallway. The man is franticly searching rooms as he peeks in and out of each door.
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