| 单词 | wildly |
| 释义 | wildly (once / 406 pages) adv If you've ever done something in a big, excited, uninhibited way, you know what it means to do things wildly. Preschoolers might sit in a calm circle for a little while, but they're usually happier running around wildly. Doing something wildly involves exaggerating it, or doing it in an unpredictable or uncivilized way, like a wild animal. Angry people shout and gesture wildly, and sports fans jump around and cheer wildly when their team wins an important game. The adverb wildly comes from wild and its Proto-Indo-European root that means "wild" or "woodlands." WORD FAMILYwild: semi-wild, wildest, wildly, wildness, wilds+/wildness: wildnesses USAGE EXAMPLES“Shocked, stunned and wildly disappointed,” said Patrick Nolan of Arlington. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The current iteration of the Second Avenue subway is both wildly more expensive and less ambitious than anticipated. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) His choice of the wildly unqualified Ben Carson to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is a discouraging early sign. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adv to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree the storyline is wildly unrealistic 2adv in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner He gesticulated wildly 3adv with violent and uncontrollable passion attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over |
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