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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Rino Ferrarese, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
These wildly divergent aims speak to the movie’s inherent confusion.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
Omer Taha Cetin | Anadolu | Getty Images Google on Thursday rolled out Nano Banana 2, an update to its wildly popular artificial intelligence image generator.
—Lola Murti, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
But here is a sampling of some of the reviews — which are pretty wildly split.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026
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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildly. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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