Definition of "manic" []

• Psychiatry Relating to, affected by, or resembling mania. (adjective)

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• "I will tell you, though, on what you called manic Monday."
• "Today's market, maybe more than ever before, is full of short term manic depressives being fed news stories by, more manic depressives."
• ""What's kind of a red flag is when it is atypical for the person to talk like this," doing it only when they are in manic cycle but not at other times, she says."