madly
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Synonyms
amok (or amuck), berserk, berserkly, frantically, frenetically, frenziedly, harum-scarum, hectically, helter-skelter, pell-mell, wild, wildly
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Gaga recently called off her engagement to Christian Carino, and fans are convinced Gaga and Cooper have fallen madly in love. — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, "Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's "Shallow" Performance at the Oscars Just Broke the Internet," 25 Feb. 2019 In addition to being madly in love and building a sweet family, Nadal and Miranda also casually adopted a stray puppy from the Dominican Republic. — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, "Vanessa Nadal, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Wife, Was Once His High School Crush," 24 Feb. 2019 About a couple who are madly, passionately in love. — Outlander Fan, Marie Claire, "'Outlander' Season 4 Episode 12 Recap: 5 Biggest Takeaways," 21 Jan. 2019 The Rockets’ idea of a really terrific play is to leave the ball in the hands of Harden, dribbling madly away, until about five seconds remain on the shot clock and it’s desperation time. — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, "Warriors, Celtics: It feels like a collision course," 15 May 2018 It’s no surprise to any of us that Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are madly in love. — Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, "Justin Bieber Shared His Pet Name for Hailey Baldwin on Instagram," 10 Nov. 2018 In short: limited health and tight corridors combine to make Firewall a hard game to run madly through. — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "Feel better about your PlayStation VR with sweet new games Astro Bot, Firewall," 11 Oct. 2018 The narrator is 40-year-old Kathy, who is, in the summer of 2017, feeling raw about falling madly in love. — Deborah Levy, WSJ, "Five Best: Deborah Levy on Books That Open the Mind," 26 July 2018 During the filming of the beloved classic, Hepburn and Holden had a secret Hollywood affair and fell madly in love with one another. — Morgan Evans, Harper's BAZAAR, "A Timeline of Audrey Hepburn's Hollywood Love Stories," 16 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'madly.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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