panicky

panic +‎ -y.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpænɪki/
• Hyphenation: pan‧ic‧ky

panicky (comparative more panicky, superlative most panicky)

1. In a state of panic.
   • 2022 November 1, Polly Toynbee, “Rishi Sunak’s only been in office for a few days – and the errors are already piling up”, in The Guardian‎:

     Banning the king from Cop27 looks clumsy. News that Sunak could make a U-turn dash to Egypt having learned that Johnson may go looks panicky.

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