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Wildly

//ˈwaɪldli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

    "He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor."

  2. 2
    To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.

    "wildly exagerrated"

Adverb
  1. 1
    to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree wordnet
  2. 2
    with violent and uncontrollable passion wordnet
  3. 3
    in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly.

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