hectically

1. 1.

   in a frenzied manner

   “we rehearsed frenziedly the last few days before the premiere”

   Synonymsfrenziedly

Questions about hectically

What does hectically mean?

hectically means "in a frenzied manner".

How many syllables are in hectically?

hectically has 4 syllables: hec-ti-cal-ly. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for hectically?

Close synonyms include frenziedly. 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 hectically a common word?

hectically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.