[ US /ˈmædɫi/ ]
[ UK /mˈædli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in an uncontrolled manner
    she fought back madly
  2. in an insane manner
    the witch cackled madly
    screaming dementedly
    he behaves crazily when he is off his medication
    she behaved insanely
  3. (used as intensives) extremely
    deadly earnest
    deucedly clever
    deadly dull
    insanely jealous
    she was madly in love
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How To Use madly In A Sentence

  • I was madly scrambling into my drysuit while Bill got the details from the divers, who had been drifting with this group for an hour or so.
  • The first, innocuous shower stroked the lake's surface but, when the wind came up, the loons began to call madly.
  • Not for a minute had she believed fate would be so amenable as to arrange for him to fall madly in love with her. WHOLE SECRET LOVE
  • Now I'm flirting madly with the plumber who is installing our new bathroom. The Sun
  • I finned madly for the surface, and was told off very severely for making an ascent like a pricked balloon.
  • Madly in love with Bartlett is tough nightclub hostess "Panama" Smith, excellently played by the young actress.
  • I took snapshots of individual works and of details and became madly obsessed with the paintings.
  • A second later, he broke the surface, coughing madly, getting as much water as air. LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR
  • He'd take her into his arms, confess that he was madly in love with her and kiss her passionately.
  • A woman with womanliness takes pleasure in studying, reading papers and surfing internet often, but she doesn't madly cling to fashion magzine and the gossip news.
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