Maniacally

//məˈnaɪəkli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a maniacal manner; frantically.

    "Marquise was scissoring his arms back and forth in the air as if he were weaving on an invisible loom; he was telling them a story, maniacally."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree wordnet

Example

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"Sami grew maniacally controlling."

Etymology

From maniacal + -ly.

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