hectic
IPA: hˈɛktɪk
noun
- (obsolete) A hectic fever.
- (obsolete) A flush like one produced by such a fever.
adjective
- (figurative) Very busy with activity and confusion.
- (obsolete) Denoting a type of fever accompanying consumption and similar wasting diseases, characterised by flushed cheeks and dry skin.
- (obsolete) Pertaining to or symptomatic of such a fever.
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Examples of "hectic" in Sentences
- It was fun and hectic at the same time.
- It was hectic the last couple of days here.
- It's going to be hectic near the end of this year.
- Bare in mind my hectic and unsociable working pattern.
- The company played a hectic schedule of entertainments.
- You strengthen their sinews anew for the next hectic furlong.
- Hectic was one of the first records to combine hardcore and ska.
- The deployment was a hectic 6 months, but the successes were notable.
- Election days in the village were, prior to the franchise, very hectic.
- Despite all of the hectic action around the ship, she survived the war.
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