insanely

adverb

in·​sane·​ly (ˌ)in-ˈsān-lē 

1

: in an insane manner : in a way that suggests unsoundness or disorder of mind

They sometimes gabbled insanely. One huge man was asking of the sky: "Say, where de plank road? Where de plank road!" It was as if he had lost a child.

—Stephen Crane

Glancing back, he saw all the carnage, death and misery he had caused in his career. The big rat laughed insanely and ran faster: on and on, past scenes of desolation and destruction …

—Brian Jacques

2

: to a very extreme degree

insanely jealous

insanely happy

insanely rich

The plot is insanely intricate.

—Terrence Rafferty

Justin Bieber … took to Instagram to show off the insanely expensive Audemars Piguet diamond watch he purchased for her as a birthday gift …

—Jane Meeker

Examples of insanely in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Studios were once tasked with delivering insanely good materials via broadcast TV. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2024

This insanely powerful supercar is breaking industry records. —Morgan Korn, ABC News, 26 Aug. 2024

For the mass market, there were Jane Fonda’s workout videos and, on television, the deeply annoying yet insanely popular Richard Simmons (recently deceased). —Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024

Blunt and Gosling have splendid chemistry — the kind of onscreen magnetism shared by people who are not just insanely hot but also simply know how to look at each other. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1766, in the meaning defined at sense 1