Meaning & use

Manically

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In a wildly excited, frenzied, or obsessive manner.

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He laughed manically as the roller coaster plunged downward.

She worked manically through the night to finish the project before the deadline.

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Derived from 'manic,' a term rooted in clinical psychology describing an episode of abnormally elevated energy or mood.

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