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madly

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mad·ly  (mdl)
adv.
1. In a crazy way; insanely.
2. In a wild manner; frantically.
3. In a foolish manner; rashly.

madly [ˈmædlɪ]
adv
1. in an insane or foolish manner
2. with great speed and energy
3. Informal extremely or excessively I love you madly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.madly - in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly"
2.madly - in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly"
3.madly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"
intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

madly
adverb
1. (Informal) passionately, wildly, desperately, intensely, exceedingly, extremely, excessively, to distraction, devotedly She has fallen madly in love with him.
3. energetically, quickly, wildly, rapidly, hastily, furiously, excitedly, hurriedly, recklessly, speedily, like mad (informal), hell for leather, like lightning, hotfoot, like the clappers (Brit. informal), like nobody's business (informal), like greased lightning (informal) Children ran madly around the tables, shouting and playing.
4. insanely, frantically, hysterically, crazily, deliriously, distractedly, rabidly, frenziedly, dementedly He would cackle madly to himself in the small hours.
Translations
madly [ˈmædlɪ] ADV
1. (= crazily) [scream, laugh, wave, rush] (one person) → como(un)loco/(una)loca; (more than one person) → como locos
my heart was beating madlymi corazón latía como loco
2. (= very) he was madly jealous of his sisterestaba terriblemente celoso de su hermana
they were madly in love with each otherestaban locamente or perdidamente enamorados uno del otro
she found her new life madly excitingsu nueva vida le parecía terriblemente excitante
life is not madly exciting at the momenten este momento mi vida no es muy emocionante

madly [ˈmædli] adv
[grin, gesticulate, rush] → follement
[love] → follement; [jealous, angry] → extrêmement
madly in love → éperdument amoureux/euse
to fall madly in love → tomber éperdument amoureux/euse

madly
adv
wie verrückt; he worked madly for weeks on ender arbeitete wochenlang wie besessen or verrückt
(inf: = extremely) → wahnsinnig; to be madly in love (with somebody)bis über beide Ohren (in jdn) verliebt sein, total (in jdn) verschossen sein (inf); I’m not madly keen to goich bin nicht wahnsinnig scharf (inf)or erpicht darauf (zu gehen)

madly [ˈmædlɪ] adv (behave) → come un(a) pazzo/a; (love) → alla follia
to be madly in love with sb → essere follemente innamorato/a di qn
I'm not madly keen on the idea → l'idea non mi entusiasma
madly [ˈmædlɪ] adv (behave) → come un(a) pazzo/a; (love) → alla follia
to be madly in love with sb → essere follemente innamorato/a di qn
I'm not madly keen on the idea → l'idea non mi entusiasma

madly بجنون šíleně vanvittigt wie verrückt παράφορα locamente hullun lailla follement luđački follemente 気違いのように 미친 듯이 furieus vanvittig szalenie loucamente безумно vansinnigt อย่างเสียสติ çılgınca điên cuồng 发狂地


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He is madly, quite madly, in love with you, my dear.
And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new It was matter for general remark, Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view In his zeal to discover the Snark
And clear across to the Atlantic, the Junta in touch with them all and all of them needing guns, mere adventurers, soldiers of fortune, bandits, disgruntled American union men, socialists, anarchists, rough-necks, Mexican exiles, peons escaped from bondage, whipped miners from the bull-pens of Coeur d'Alene and Colorado who desired only the more vindictively to fight--all the flotsam and jetsam of wild spirits from the madly complicated modern world.
 
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