panickedly

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English[edit]

Adverb[edit]

panickedly (comparative more panickedly, superlative most panickedly)

  1. In a panicked manner.
    • 1973, William Bloom, Getting There, page 82:
      It hit me panickedly in the face that my voice with just that one 'Yes?' had treated her like a — like a what? — a client, someone with whom I was businessing.
    • 1996, Scott M. Alexander, The people vs. Larry Flynt: the shooting script, page 35:
      Larry hides around the corner, panickedly watching.
    • 2002, John Ridley, The drift, page 91:
      And yet, with all that memory, I did nothing more than watch the boy fight and struggle and panickedly try to figure a way to keep from falling.