frantically

1. 1.

   in an uncontrolled manner

   “she fought back madly”

   Synonymsmadly

Questions about frantically

What does frantically mean?

frantically means "in an uncontrolled manner".

How many syllables are in frantically?

frantically has 4 syllables: fran-ti-cal-ly. The stress falls on "fran". In IPA it is /ˈfɹæntəkəli/.

What is another word for frantically?

Close synonyms include madly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frantically a common word?

frantically is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.