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franticly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English frantic Middle English -ly English -ly English franticly From frantic + -ly.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, rare) Rare spelling of frantically.
   alt of frantically
   • 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. 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:
   • 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. 2012 April 19, Jordan Wiser, The Invasion, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 49:
   • As she cried thus franticly, to ears which she was taught to believe were stopped by death, the lover she invoked opened the door in person, just in time to prevent her sinking on the ground. 1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], chapter VII, in Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume II, Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC, page 197:
   • 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. 2020, Andrew Cooper, Untitled, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 16:
   • They were probably pouring brandy and smoking, slumped over Father's desk, franticly going through papers and financial statements. 2013 February 14, Daniel Pitt, Edith's Return to Devon, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291:

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