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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This is a story about two young people who find each other, fall madly in love, and are then torn apart by unimaginable disaster — one rendered by the obsessive director in minute, breathless, excruciating detail.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
William falls immediately, madly in love with Agnes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
Not just the Prime Minister upstairs, but the conspiracy theorist who runs the cafe three floors below, the man who repairs the lift that never works, the madly ambitious ‘advisors’ fighting for office space in cupboards.
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Clarkson was madly in love and planning a wedding.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
William falls immediately, madly in love with Agnes.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
Not just the Prime Minister upstairs, but the conspiracy theorist who runs the cafe three floors below, the man who repairs the lift that never works, the madly ambitious ‘advisors’ fighting for office space in cupboards.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2025
Clarkson was madly in love and planning a wedding.
—Sarah Jones, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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