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