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Recent Examples of crazily
The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.
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Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
And still, crazily enough, there are occasional firsts.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
All this happened before, with the aid of a boombox, Singh and the little girls taught me to crazily dance Punjabi-style in their welcoming home occupied by three generations.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
That seems like a crazily low number of songs.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
And still, crazily enough, there are occasional firsts.
—Dan Woike, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
All this happened before, with the aid of a boombox, Singh and the little girls taught me to crazily dance Punjabi-style in their welcoming home occupied by three generations.
—Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
That seems like a crazily low number of songs.
—Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crazily
Adverb
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But Uri spots talent, and soon Niki will desperately need the money when Harry lands in the hospital.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Some vehicles try desperately to look adventurous.—
Tim Jackson,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
Adverb
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Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 June 2026
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
9 June 2026
Adverb
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For the sequence when Carol frantically drives away from the hospital, Adams designed a new system with an LED screen that went on front of the truck with a cap on top, so all the light when Carol is driving comes exclusively from the LED screen.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
4 June 2026
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As avid basketball fans frantically search for highly coveted tickets to the post-season matchup, prices have skyrocketed to attend in person, ranging from courtside at over $42,000 to the cheapest nosebleeds at just under $1,000.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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Barely 24 hours later, with Tech down 1-0 in the series but clinging to a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth, shortstop Hailey Toney fielded a sharp grounder to her right, pivoted to make the easy throw to third base to get out of the inning — and missed wildly.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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Just 20 miles north of Sioux Falls, a quick detour off I-90 leads to a landscape that feels wildly out of place—in the best way.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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When Grace first awakens on his ship, the film cuts hectically around, above, and below him, as if to approximate his mental and physical disorientation.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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As Major League Baseball’s Rays make their latest fitful pursuit to build a new Tampa Bay home, an Orlando group is feverishly working to develop a fanbase, win political support, and perhaps gain a chunk of tourism dollars for a ballpark in the event opportunity comes its way.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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Fans have spent the past few months feverishly speculating about who the band will hire.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
22 May 2026
Adverb
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The wild pursuit unfolded Sunday when state police received reports about a car driven recklessly on Interstate 10 in Jefferson Parish, which is just west of New Orleans, state police said.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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His wife, Angelina Renee Jimenez, pleaded guilty to three misdemeanors of recklessly causing fire to property of another and was sentenced to one year of summary probation and community service, prosecutors said.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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“Crazily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazily. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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