1
: in a mad manner
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
madly in love
Examples of madly in a Sentence
He told her that he loved her madly.
She fell madly in love with him.
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Berenice was the queen of Egypt around 200 B.C. and was madly in love with her husband, the famous Pharaoh Ptolemy III.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
When either parent finds a new partner, the new adult couple may be madly in love – just look at the pictures of Sánchez and Bezos.
—Naomi Cahn, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
All this while grinning madly, the cat who got the cream.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The two wed in 1964 and were madly in love for the next four decades, until her death from uterine cancer in 2005.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
When either parent finds a new partner, the new adult couple may be madly in love – just look at the pictures of Sánchez and Bezos.
—Naomi Cahn, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
All this while grinning madly, the cat who got the cream.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The two wed in 1964 and were madly in love for the next four decades, until her death from uterine cancer in 2005.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for madly
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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