Word Study
wildly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial wildly has 3 senses
- wildly(r = adv.all) Array - to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree; "the storyline is wildly unrealistic"
- wildly(r = adv.all) Array - in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner; "He gesticulated wildly"
- wildly(r = adv.all) Array - with violent and uncontrollable passion; "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over"
CIDE DICTIONARY
wildly, adv.
In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
wildly
a corps perdu, all to pieces, carelessly, deliriously, demonically, desperately, distractedly, fanatically, fiercely, 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, impetuously, like blazes, like crazy, like fury, like mad, like one possessed, madly, overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, rabidly, ramble-scramble, recklessly, rigorously, severely, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, stormily, turbulently, uncontrollably, vehemently, venomously, violently, virulently, wantonly, with a vengeance
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