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hectic

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1. hectic - Noun

2. hectic - Adjective

3. hectic - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.

In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.

Hectic fever.

A hectic flush.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get. Meg Ryan

Well, it has been rather hectic since the 11th of September. And even before then it was quite busy. Hugh Shelton

A continual atmosphere of hectic passion is very trying if you haven't got any of your own. Dorothy L. Sayers

The spring, summer, is quite a hectic time for people in their lives, but then it comes to autumn, and to winter, and you can't but help think back to the year that was, and then hopefully looking forward to the year that is approaching. Enya

Or maybe she decided that an evening with your old tutor would be blisteringly dull and opted for the more exhilarating course of washing her hair instead. Dear me, I know what I would have done. It's only lack of hair that forces me to pursue such a hectic social round these days. Douglas Adams

Life is beautiful if it is hectic. Hungarian Proverb

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