hectically
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
But with its jumble of clichés, its blatant word-bubble declarations, and its hectically rushed impracticalities, the movie—which is based on a comic-book series—invites an air of antic exaggeration and revved-up stylization.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 8, 2019
Graves adds a desperately needed dash of bravura in an otherwise rather hectically staged “I Am Easily Assimilated.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2019
China, meanwhile, is hectically negotiating more than a dozen trade agreements in Asia while proposing its own alternative to the TPP, a trade agreement called the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2018
"Then you do really think," hectically, "that if I take this medicine," mechanically reaching out for it, "I shall regain my health?"
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
