madly

Use Madly in a sentence

adverb

insanely or wildly: The old witch cackled madly.

with desperate haste or intensity; furiously: They worked madly to repair the bridge.

foolishly: They lived madly, wasting all their money.

extremely: They're madly in love.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; see mad, -ly

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World English Dictionary

madly (ˈmædlɪ)

—*adv*
1.	in an insane or foolish manner
2.	with great speed and energy
3.	informal extremely or excessively: I love you madly

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Word Origin & History

madly

early 13c., from mad. Colloquial meaning "passionately" had emerged by 18c.

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Example sentences

But it had dragged some liquid nitrogen with it from the flask, and was

steaming madly.

If this madly entertaining movie has a fault, it's that it's too ingenious for

the genre it ostensibly inhabits.

The bees nearest to the spill clustered around, cleaning the top bars madly.

The symptoms come from madly misfiring neurons that activate the pain receptors