FRENETICALLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

frenetically

adverb

as in frantically

in a confused and reckless manner we spent all morning frenetically searching the house for the lost keys

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Recent Examples of frenetically Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026 Countless moths beat frenetically around the trap’s white, diaphanous panels, which are swaying with ghostly ripples in a gentle breeze. — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025 Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 13 Feb. 2026 Singer Brendan Yates’ intensity — at one point leaping with abandon, at another frenetically thrusting — is what makes Turnstile cook. — Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025 But then, given how frenetically thrashing the entire tariff and trade policy and strategy have been in practice, expecting a predictable rollout and impact was probably unrealistic on everyone’s part. — Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

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Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.

— Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
For five days Oswadeliz Núñez Ramírez has been frantically searching for her son across hospitals in La Guaira and Caracas.

— Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026

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In a wildly entertaining match from start-to-finish, Norway did just enough to sneak into the round of 16 for a date with Brazil in New York/New Jersey.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2026
The challenges all take place outside of the studio and are wildly imaginative and surprisingly low-fi.

— Peter White, Deadline, 29 June 2026

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