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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
Adverb
1. in an insane or foolish manner
2. with great speed and energy
3. Informal extremely or excessively: she was madly in love with him
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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
adverb 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)
Translations

madly [ˈmædlɪ] advlocamente
madly [ˈmædlɪ] advfollement;
madly in love → éperdument amoureux/euse
madly [ˈmædlɪ] advwie verrückt;
madly in love → bis über beide Ohren verliebt
madly [ˈmædlɪ] advfollemente; [love] → alla follia

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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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