wildly
adverb
wild·ly
ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-lē 
1
: in a wild manner
was talking wildly
2
: extremely sense 2
wildly popular
wildly enthusiastic
Synonyms
Examples of wildly in a Sentence
He was waving his arms wildly.
I'm not wildly enthusiastic about seeing them.
Recent Examples on the Web
Life is just so wildly amusing and beautiful and dangerous and varied.
—
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
And, on TikTok, a wildly popular social media platform among those in the 18-29 demo, the term has been hashtagged over 340,000 times.
—Alex Berg, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Who isn’t wildly attracted to beauty and hasn’t behaved badly to be near it?
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
The album has prompted wildly divergent reactions, but our episode concentrates on unpacking lyrical mysteries, musical influences, and more.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2024
In other words, the old saw that the Inuit people have 50 words for snow may be wildly exaggerated (the original observation by the anthropologist Franz Boas isolated only four ways of describing snow), but there is something to it.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Our Supreme Court is wildly out of step with the American people and controlled by justices who have their jobs thanks to presidents and senators who don’t represent the political will of most Americans.
—TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
The Top 14 contestants heard the call to bring it, and there's no doubt that everyone who's still in the game is wildly talented.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
These things wildly challenged me to create some reality within this world that felt so foreign.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
And, on TikTok, a wildly popular social media platform among those in the 18-29 demo, the term has been hashtagged over 340,000 times.
—Alex Berg, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Who isn’t wildly attracted to beauty and hasn’t behaved badly to be near it?
—Trish Deitch, Variety, 25 Apr. 2024
The album has prompted wildly divergent reactions, but our episode concentrates on unpacking lyrical mysteries, musical influences, and more.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2024
In other words, the old saw that the Inuit people have 50 words for snow may be wildly exaggerated (the original observation by the anthropologist Franz Boas isolated only four ways of describing snow), but there is something to it.
—Ross Perlin, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
Our Supreme Court is wildly out of step with the American people and controlled by justices who have their jobs thanks to presidents and senators who don’t represent the political will of most Americans.
—TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
The Top 14 contestants heard the call to bring it, and there's no doubt that everyone who's still in the game is wildly talented.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
These things wildly challenged me to create some reality within this world that felt so foreign.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildly. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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