Sometimes it's frantic and up-tempo and other times it's jumpy and swinging and other times it's slow and somber.
All in all, a thoroughly delectable event filled with frantic foragers, and no cafeteria cold cuts in sight.
One feels a frantic struggle for control underlying much of the diary.
The visiting friend then had to perform the role of the frantic claims reporter and was given a cut of the insurance money.
The twelve gentlemen became at first bewildered, then dismayed, and finally frantic.
Sure, it can keep up the frantic pace for a little while, but eventually it's going to break down in a fail of epic proportions.
If you're frantic and uptight, they can make things easier.
But as the frantic pace of the campaign advanced and the security bubble around him became more robust, his attendance slipped.
In a frantic effort to preserve jobs, officials are trying to stimulate the domestic economy to make up for lost export growth.
And that frantic buying and selling was a boon for manufacturing.
British Dictionary definitions for frantic
frantic
/ˈfræntɪk/
adjective
1.
distracted with fear, pain, joy, etc
2.
marked by or showing frenzy: frantic efforts
3.
(archaic) insane
Derived Forms
frantically, franticly, adverb franticness, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus mad, frenetic
Word Origin and History for frantic
adj.
mid-14c., "insane," unexplained variant of Middle English frentik (see frenetic). Transferred meaning "affected by wild excitement" is from late 15c. Of the adverbial forms, frantically (1749) is later than franticly (1540s).