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maniacally

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ma·ni·a·cal  (m-n-kl) also ma·ni·ac (mn-k)
adj.
1. Suggestive of or afflicted with insanity: a maniacal frenzy.
2. Characterized by excessive enthusiasm or excitement: a maniacal interest in gambling.
ma·nia·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.maniacally - in a maniacal manner or to a maniacal degree; "he was maniacally obsessed with jealousy"
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Without a turn of head or roll of eye, aristocratically positing their non-existingness to their faces, he trotted for'ard along the cabin floor and into the stateroom where Skipper babbled maniacally in the bunk.
Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context
Her face, at all ordinary times so touching to look at, in its nervous sensitiveness, weakness, and uncertainty, became suddenly darkened by an expression of maniacally intense hatred and fear, which communicated a wild, unnatural force to every feature.
The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie View in context
"I will save my master," he cried, his eyes blazing maniacally.
The Innocence Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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