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hectic

hec·tic [ héktik ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. constantly busy and hurried: characterized by continual activity and haste, the lack of any time to rest or relax, and a sense of things barely under control
Things have been pretty hectic at work this week.

2. medicine feverish: symptomatic of or involving a recurrent afternoon fever, especially one accompanying tuberculosis
a hectic flush

[14th century. Via French< Greek hektikos "habitual, consumptive" < ekhein "have"]

hec·tic·al·ly adverb
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