hectically

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The transformation of these characters is given short shrift by the hectically layered book, but their truncated scenes of inner growth are a reminder of where the beating heart of this tale resides.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

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

Despite her nickname, in person she is far from alarming: a bright-eyed, enthusiastic, welcoming and hectically fluent woman of 50, she talks about pain at a personal level.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2017

"Maybe even the dogs won't come!" she reasoned hectically.

From Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs by Abbott, Eleanor Hallowell