madly
/ˈmadli
/adverb
1In a mad, wild, or uncontrolled manner: his eyes bulged madly...
- Before, a smaller black unicorn stood, his wild red eyes glowing madly, and his horn a dull, dull gold, like it was supposed to be.
- Her eyes squinted madly, trying to make out the manner of the commotion around them.
- Even now I am smiling madly, like a Cheshire cat.
Synonyms
insanely, frantically, hysterically, deliriously, wildly, like a lunatic
informal crazily, barmily
fast, furiously, hurriedly, quickly, speedily, hastily, energetically
informal like mad, like crazy
1.1 informal With extreme intensity: the boys are all madly in love with you...
- Yet I was madly in love with a boy who collected the fees for deckchairs on the beach.
- He smiled in the way that fathers do… you know, that smile they give the boy that they know their daughter is falling madly in love with.
- The girl is totally madly in love with the boy and the boy feels the same except they're both stupid and scared to tell each other how they feel.
Synonyms
intensely, fervently, wildly, unrestrainedly, enthusiastically, completely;
with all one's heart, to distraction, fantastically
very, extremely, exceedingly, excessively, absurdly, ridiculously, fantastically, wildly, outrageously;
all that, terribly, terrifically, awfully, tremendously, hugely
