adv ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

a corps perduall to piecesawfullybadlybeyondcarelessly

Example

More examples

"Linda was wildly excited to learn that her aunt Nancy was coming to visit her."

Etymology

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

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.