madly

adverb

mad·ly | \ ˈmad-lē

Definition of madly

1 : in a mad manner

2 : to an extreme or excessive degree madly in love

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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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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 2017

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