hectically
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
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
It hasn’t always been the most organized experiment, conducted hectically between two parents working full time while raising three boys.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2016
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
Still the old love of borrowing money and playing écarté burns hectically in his bosom, and with years a habit of turning up the king has grown upon him.
From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by George Robert Aberigh-Mackay
