hectically
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The transformation of these characters is given short shrift by the hectically layered book, but their truncated scenes of inner growth are a reminder of where the beating heart of this tale resides.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
But with its jumble of clichés, its blatant word-bubble declarations, and its hectically rushed impracticalities, the movie—which is based on a comic-book series—invites an air of antic exaggeration and revved-up stylization.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019
Graves adds a desperately needed dash of bravura in an otherwise rather hectically staged “I Am Easily Assimilated.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
This cross is a little better, with Aguero’s radar beginning to ping hectically on the edge of the six-yard box.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2016
The older man is in poor health, but is hectically cheerful.
From Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Carson Jay Lee
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