wildly

wild  (wld)

adj. wild·er, wild·est

1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed: wild geese; edible wild plants.

2. Not inhabited or farmed: remote, wild country.

3. Uncivilized or barbarous; savage.

4.

a. Lacking supervision or restraint: wild children living in the street.

b. Disorderly; unruly: a wild scene in the school cafeteria.

c. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious: recalled his wild youth with remorse.

5. Lacking regular order or arrangment; disarranged: wild locks of long hair.

6. Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion: wild with jealousy; a wild look in his eye; a wild rage.

7. Extravagant; fantastic: a wild idea.

8. Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy: wild weather.

9. Risky; imprudent: wild financial schemes.

10.

a. Impatiently eager: wild to get away for the weekend.

b. Informal Highly enthusiastic: just wild about the new music.

11. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded: wild accusations; a wild guess.

12. Deviating greatly from an intended course; erratic: a wild bullet.

13. Games Having an equivalence or value determined by the cardholder's choice: playing poker with deuces wild.

adv.

In a wild manner: growing wild; roaming wild.

n.

1. A natural or undomesticated state: returned the zoo animals to the wild; plants that grow abundantly in the wild.

2. An uninhabited or uncultivated region. Often used in the plural: the wilds of the northern steppes.

intr.v. wild·ed, wild·ing, wilds Slang

To go about in a group threatening, robbing, or attacking others: "Police said that the youngsters ... were part of a larger group of teenagers who were 'wilding,'their slang for terrorizing and bullying" (Maclean's).

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[Middle English wilde, from Old English.]

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wildly adv.

wildness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	wildly - to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree; "the storyline is wildly unrealistic"
	2.	wildly - in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner; "He gesticulated wildly"
	3.	wildly - with violent and uncontrollable passion; "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over"

Translations

wildly [ˈwaɪldlɪ] ADV

1. (= ecstatically) [shout] → como loco; [applaud] → a rabiar, como loco
the Democrats were cheering wildly for their nominee → los demócratas vitoreaban como locos a su candidato nominado

2. (= frantically) [stare, look] → con cara de espanto; [gesture] → como loco, violentamente
the driver was gesticulating wildly → el conductor gesticulaba como loco or violentamente

3. (= violently) [hit out, throw] → violentamente, como loco

4. (= crazily, rashly) [guess] → sin pensarlo mucho; [promise] → en un arrebato; [exaggerated] → muy

5. (= haphazardly) [shoot] → a lo loco, a tontas y a locas; [fluctuate, vary] → muchísimo

6. (= extremely) wildly happy/enthusiastic → loco de felicidad/entusiasmo
Naomi was wildly jealous of her sister → Naomi sentía unos celos locos de su hermana
a wildly improbable story → una historia disparatadísima
a wildly inaccurate estimate → un cálculo que dista/distaba muchísimo de la realidad

wildly [ˈwaɪldli] adv

(= energetically) [applaud, cheer] → frénétiquement; [wave, gesticulate] → frénétiquement
The audience applauded wildly → Le public applaudit frénétiquement.

(= at random) [hit, grab] → frénétiquement
He hit out wildly at his captors → Il se débattait frénétiquement contre ses ravisseurs.
She splashed about wildly, trying to reach the edge of the pool → Elle battait des bras frénétiquement, essayant d'atteindre le bord de la piscine.

(used for emphasis) [happy, optimistic] → follement
The government's forecasts are wildly optimistic → Les prévisions du gouvernement sont follement optimistes.
wildly successful → qui rencontre un succès fou
a wildly successful choreographer → un chorégraphe qui rencontre un succès fou
wildly popular → immensément populaire

(= to a great degree) [different] → radicalement
They gave wildly different versions of what happened → Leurs versions de ce qui s'est passé diffèrent du tout au tout., Ils ont donné des versions radicalement différentes de ce qui s'est passé.

[vary, differ] → du tout au tout
The standard varies wildly → La qualité varie du tout au tout.

wildly

adv

(= violently) → wild, heftig

(= in disorder) → wirr; his hair fell wildly over his forehead → sein Haar fiel ihm wirr in die Stirn

(= without aim) → wild; to hit out wildly → wild um sich schlagen; to shoot wildly → wild drauflosschießen

(= extravagantly) guess → drauflos, ins Blaue hinein; talk → unausgegoren; happy → rasend; exaggerated → stark, maßlos; wrong, different → total, völlig; I think she is being wildly optimistic → ich denke, dass sie maßlos or übertrieben optimistisch ist

(= excitedly, distractedly) → wild, aufgeregt

(= riotously) → wild

wildly [ˈwaɪldlɪ] adv (gen) → violentemente; (behave) → in modo sfrenato; (talk) → fervorosamente; (rush around) → come un(a) pazzo/a; (exaggerate) → largamente; (applaud, cheer) → freneticamente
to guess wildly → tirare a indovinare
wildly happy/enthusiastic → terribilmente felice/entusiasta
her heart was beating wildly → il cuore le batteva forte

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wildly [ˈwaɪldlɪ] adv (gen) → violentemente; (behave) → in modo sfrenato; (talk) → fervorosamente; (rush around) → come un(a) pazzo/a; (exaggerate) → largamente; (applaud, cheer) → freneticamente
to guess wildly → tirare a indovinare
wildly happy/enthusiastic → terribilmente felice/entusiasta
her heart was beating wildly → il cuore le batteva forte