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

And this is where the new o1 model has started to split away from human thinking and start bringing in that insanely effective AlphaGo approach of pure trial and error in pursuit of the right result. —New Atlas, 29 Sep. 2024

The result was insanely durable and lightyears better than most of its competition. —Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 28 Sep. 2024

The margarita would pair exceptionally well with anything from Y Tu Mamá's menu and in my case specifically with the insanely good The Chesterfield burrito ($11). —Karri Peifer, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024

While insanely successful, Alibaba was a modest $20 million punt at a time when Masa was in Bill Gates’ wealth post code. —Alok Sama, Fortune Asia, 17 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1