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madly - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'madly' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Madly [ a.]
- In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

Meaning of 'madly' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . madly [ r]
Meaning (1):
- (used as intensives) extremely
Example in sentence:
  • deadly dull;
  • deadly earnest;
  • deucedly clever;
  • insanely jealous;
  • she was madly in love
Meaning (2):
- in an insane manner
Example in sentence:
  • he behaves crazily when he is off his medication;
  • screaming dementedly;
  • she behaved insanely;
  • the witch cackled madly
Meaning (3):
- in an uncontrolled manner
Example in sentence:
  • she fought back madly;
  • she laughed uncontrollably