wildly
adverb
wild·ly
ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-lē 
1
: in a wild manner
was talking wildly
2
: extremely sense 2
wildly popular
wildly enthusiastic
Examples of wildly in a Sentence
He was waving his arms wildly.
I'm not wildly enthusiastic about seeing them.
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But, after decades of misrule, the PA is wildly unpopular among Palestinians themselves.
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Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
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—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2025
Framed by her Pepto-pink hair — another Moisturizer-era change — Teasdale bodyrolls and thrashes around, singing so wildly that the edges of her mouth seem to disappear.
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After a little more belittling of Brian and his station in life, Malcolm drunkenly pulls his sword from his scabbard and starts slashing wildly.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
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Ilan Berman, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s this Warp artist Clarissa Connelly whose album was really pretty, kinda weird, and wildly singular, like Metallica but played very slowly with acoustic instruments.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 10 Oct. 2025
Framed by her Pepto-pink hair — another Moisturizer-era change — Teasdale bodyrolls and thrashes around, singing so wildly that the edges of her mouth seem to disappear.
—Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
After a little more belittling of Brian and his station in life, Malcolm drunkenly pulls his sword from his scabbard and starts slashing wildly.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for wildly
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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildly. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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