'Madly' definitions:
Definition of 'madly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" [syn: madly, frantically]
adverb
In an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" [syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly] [ant: sanely]
adverb
(used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" [syn: madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly]
Definition of 'Madly'
From: GCIDE
- Madly \Mad"ly\, adv. [From Mad, a.] In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly. [WordNet sense 2]
- Syn: insanely, crazily, dementedly. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In a desperate manner; as, she fought back madly. [WordNet sense 1] [WordNet 1.6]
- 3. intensely; as, she was madly in love. [WordNet sense 3]
- Syn: insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly. [WordNet 1.6]
Synonyms of 'madly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a corps perdu,
- absurdly,
- all to pieces,
- angrily,
- ardently,
- carelessly,
- crazily,
- deliriously,
- demonically,
- desperately,
- distractedly,
- energetically,
- exceedingly,
- excessively,
- excitedly,
- extremely,
- fanatically,
- ferociously,
- fervently,
- fervidly,
- feverishly,
- fiercely,
- foolishly,
- frantically,
- frenetically,
- frenziedly,
- furiously,
- happen what may,
- hastily,
- head over heels,
- headfirst,
- headforemost,
- headlong,
- heedlessly,
- heels over head,
- helter-skelter,
- holus-bolus,
- hotheadedly,
- hotly,
- hurriedly,
- hurry-scurry,
- hysterically,
- idiotically,
- impetuously,
- inanely,
- insanely,
- insensately,
- intensely,
- irrationally,
- like blazes,
- like crazy,
- like fury,
- like mad,
- like one possessed,
- mindlessly,
- overeagerly,
- overenthusiastically,
- overzealously,
- passionately,
- precipitantly,
- precipitately,
- precipitously,
- rabidly,
- ramble-scramble,
- rashly,
- recklessly,
- ridiculously,
- rigorously,
- riotously,
- senselessly,
- severely,
- slam-bang,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- stormily,
- stupidly,
- tempestuously,
- troublously,
- turbulently,
- uncontrollably,
- uproariously,
- vehemently,
- venomously,
- violently,
- virulently,
- wantonly,
- wildly,
- with a vengeance
Words containing 'Madly'
- Mad,
- Madded,
- Madding,
- Maddingly,
- Madness,
- mad about,
- Canine madness,
- Like mad,
- Mad apple,
- Moon madness,
- To run mad,
- To run mad after,
- To run mad on,
- mad dog,
- money mad,
- raving mad,
- As mad as a March Hare,
- Horn-mad,
- Mad-apple,
- Mad-headed,
- March-mad,
- mad anthony wayne,
- mad cow disease,
- stark raving mad,
- Mad-dog skullcap,
- mad-dog weed