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Recent Examples of crazily
Thanks to a crazily unlikely accident, the researchers had witnessed a sperm-whale birth and had managed to videotape the entire event.
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Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 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
Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 26 Mar. 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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This new thing got its start three years ago when artist Luna Palazzolo-Daboul and a couple of friends, desperately seeking affordable working studios, rented vacant spaces in the basement for dirt cheap, then started spreading the word.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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Detroit desperately needed help at center, a year after Frank Ragnow's retirement left a huge void, and general manager Brad Holmes addressed it with perhaps his most significant transaction this year.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Hydroplaning happens when a vehicle starts sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
19 Apr. 2026
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Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Then seconds later the controller frantically called for the fire truck to stop.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
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In the hours after Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was shot to death inside the bedroom of his mountaintop home, an inner circle of people suspected of being involved in the assassination plot in South Florida and in Port-au-Prince were frantically trying to steer events in their favor.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Jacas is wildly regarded as a second-round prospect.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Johnston threw wildly to Feltner, running to cover the bag.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Their conversation bounced around frenetically, as their conversations tended to do.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
13 Feb. 2026
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The early-career excitement Spielberg generated with Duel, The Sugarland Express, Jaws and Close Encounters of the Third Kind came to a thudding halt with the frenetically busy, hopelessly bloated war comedy, 1941.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Nov. 2025
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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The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries led by Pakistan worked feverishly to head off a further escalation.—
Aamer Madhani,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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The dramatic shift in tenor came as intermediaries, led by Pakistan, worked feverishly to head off a further escalation of the conflict.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Coburn is facing a slew of charges, including DUI and recklessly endangering the welfare of a child.—
Shelley Bortz,
CBS News,
20 Apr. 2026
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After witnesses provided a description of the suspect, who was suspected of driving recklessly at the time of the crash, he was quickly identified and a search warrant was served at a local residence in Lake Forest, the release stated.—
Ryanne Mena,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Crazily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazily. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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