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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial madly has 3 senses
- madly(r = adv.all) frantically - in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly"
- madly(r = adv.all) crazily, dementedly, insanely - in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly"
- madly(r = adv.all) deadly, deucedly, devilishly, insanely - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
CIDE DICTIONARY
- In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly. [1913 Webster]
- In a desperate manner; as, she fought back madly. [WordNet 1.6]
- intensely; as, she was madly in love. [WordNet 1.6]
THESAURUS
madly
a corps perdu, absurdly, all to pieces, angrily, ardently, carelessly, crazily, deliriously, demonically, desperately, distractedly, energetically, exceedingly, excessively, excitedly, extremely, fanatically, ferociously, fervently, fervidly, feverishly, fiercely, foolishly, frantically, frenetically, frenziedly, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotheadedly, hotly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, hysterically, idiotically, impetuously, inanely, insanely, insensately, intensely, irrationally, like blazes, like crazy, like fury, like mad, like one possessed, mindlessly, overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, passionately, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, rabidly, ramble-scramble, rashly, recklessly, ridiculously, rigorously, riotously, senselessly, severely, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, stormily, stupidly, tempestuously, troublously, turbulently, uncontrollably, uproariously, vehemently, venomously, violently, virulently, wantonly, wildly, with a vengeance
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