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

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

There, Shaw displays a thrilling tension between complexity and fury, his intricate solo lines yielding to hectically intense high-energy blasts and shrieks.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 8, 2016

It hasn’t always been the most organized experiment, conducted hectically between two parents working full time while raising three boys.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2016

Still the old love of borrowing money and playing écarté burns hectically in his bosom, and with years a habit of turning up the king has grown upon him.

From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert