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hectically

/hɛktɪkəli/ adverb · British & US

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What does hectically mean?

adverb

Done or happening in a hurried and agitated manner; frantic.

Example

"She worked hectically to meet the tight deadline."

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Words that share this root

hectic hectare hectogram hectolitre

What's another word for hectically?

hastily frantically furiously agitatedly urgently impatiently

What's the opposite of hectically?

calmly serenely peacefully

Rhymes with hectically

technically electrically dynamically statically