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hectic | frantically |

As an adjective hectic

is pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.

As a noun hectic

is (obsolete) a hectic fever.

As an adverb frantically is

in a frantic way.

hectic

English

Alternative forms

* hectick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to bodily reactions characterised by flushed or dry skin.
    • hectic''' fever; a '''hectic patient
  • Very busy with activity and confusion; feverish.
    • The city center is so hectic at 8 in the morning that I go to work an hour beforehand to avoid the crowds

    Synonyms

    * feverish

    Derived terms

    * hectically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A hectic fever.
  • (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.
  • * 1819 , Lord Byron, Don Juan , II.147:
    • For still he lay, and on his thin worn cheek / A purple hectic played like dying day / On the snow-tops of distant hills [...].

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    frantically

    English

    Alternative forms

    * franticly

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In a frantic way.