frenetically

fre·net·ic

or phre·net·ic (frə-nĕt′ĭk) also fre·net·i·cal or phre·net·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

adj.

Wildly excited or active; frantic; frenzied.

[Middle English frenetik, from Old French frenetique, from Latin phrenēticus, from Greek phrenītikos, from phrenītis, brain disease, from phrēn, mind; see g^whren- in Indo-European roots.]

fre·net′i·cal·ly adv.

fre·net′i·cism (-ĭ-sĭz′əm) n.

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Adv.

frenetically - in a very agitated manner; as if possessed by an evil spirit

demoniacally

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frenetically

[frɪˈnɛtɪkəli] adv → frénétiquement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

frenetically

adv (+vb) → wie wild; work → fieberhaft; dance → frenetisch; she is frenetically busy → sie hat wahnsinnig viel zu tun (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

frenetically

[frɪˈnɛtɪk/əlɪ] adv → freneticamente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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You can feel them in the air round about him, capering frenetically; with their invisible feet they set the pace, and the hair of the leader of the orchestra rises on end, and his eyeballs start from their sockets, as he toils to keep up with them.

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BLACK PANTHER (12A) HHHH H IF Black Panther, directed with swagger by Ryan Coogler, is emblematic of things to come from the Marvel Comics pantheon then roll on 2018 because this frenetically edited odyssey of self-doubt and redemption is the big cat's whiskers.

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IF Black Panther, directed with swagger by Ryan Coogler, is emblematic of things to come from the Marvel Comics pantheon, then roll on 2018 because this frenetically edited odyssey of self-doubt and redemption is the big cat's whiskers.

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BLACK PANTHER (12A) HHHH H IF Black Panther, directed with swagger by Ryan Coogler, is emblematic of things to come from the Marvel Comics pantheon, then roll on 2018 because this frenetically edited odyssey of self-doubt and redemption is the big cat's whiskers.