Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frantically

/ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: fran-ti-cal-ly
IPA: /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a frantic manner.

adv

Extremely; terribly.

British usage; Archaic; Slang

Example Sentences

"He searched frantically for his passport before the flight."
"Amid a cacophony of demands for Cuomo to resign, the governor and his aides are frantically trying to cover up the basic facts of what happened, and that includes launching a Nixonian campaign of intimidation and retribution against Democratic lawmakers who have for months been sounding the alarm."
""Oh yes; come in, Mr Carrados," she exclaimed graciously. "We are not quite strangers, you know. You found out something for Aunt Pigs; I forget what, but she was most frantically impressed.""

Etymology

From earlier franticly, equivalent to frantic + -ally.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: frantic

Usage

British usage
Archaic
Slang

Inflected Forms

more frantically (comparative) most frantically (superlative) frantickly (alternative, obsolete) franticly (alternative, rare)

Synonyms

madly

Questions

How do you pronounce frantically?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/.
What does frantically mean?: In a frantic manner.
Where does frantically come from?: From earlier franticly, equivalent to frantic + -ally.

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