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Madly

//ˈmædli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

    "I'm madly in love with you."

  2. 2
    In a mad manner; angrily

    "Diane screamed madly down the phone to the prank caller."

  3. 3
    In a mad manner; extremely surprisingly or unexpectedly

    "In a way the better procedures you have I think, bizarrely and madly it actually serves to increase rather than decrease the problem"

Adverb
  1. 1
    (used as intensives) excessively wordnet
  2. 2
    in an insane manner wordnet
  3. 3
    in an ungovernable manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English madly, madli, medliche, equivalent to mad + -ly.

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