madly

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adverb

1. in an uncontrolled manner (Freq. 6)
- she fought back madly
• Syn:
frantically
• Derived from adjective:
frantic (for: frantically), mad
2. (used as intensives) extremely
- she was madly in love
- deadly dull
- deadly earnest
- deucedly clever
- insanely jealous
• Syn:
insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly
• Usage Domain:
intensifier, intensive
3. in an insane manner
- she behaved insanely
- he behaves crazily when he is off his medication
- the witch cackled madly
- screaming dementedly
• Syn:
insanely, crazily, dementedly
• Ant:
sanely (for: insanely)
• Derived from adjective:
mad, demented (for: dementedly), crazy (for: crazily), insane (for: insanely)