frenetic
adjective/frəˈnɛtɪk/
Frequency rank: #17,421 most common English word
Meaning
Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.
Example sentence
The stock exchange floor was frenetic with traders shouting and waving papers in every direction.
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