crazily

adverb

Definition of crazilynext
as in desperately

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Recent Examples of crazily And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 June 2026 The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 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
  1. desperately
  2. uncontrollably
  3. frantically
  4. wildly
  5. frenetically
  6. hectically
  7. feverishly
  8. recklessly
Adverb
  • The simple answer is that air conditioning is not customary in France, and their architecture is traditionally not built to accommodate it well, even for those who are now desperately seeking relief.
    — Morgan Simon, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • No contender needed offensive upgrades more desperately than the Guardians, who own the league’s worst team OPS.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
  • Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
    — STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of uncontrollably
Adverb
  • Fox recorded video of Stout leaving the area calmly after the fire started among others frantically getting away from the fast-spreading wildfire, Noel told the judge.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
  • Baela isn’t sleeping or eating and is frantically seeking redemption after blaming herself for Jace’s death.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Definition of frantically
Adverb
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • This urban concentration creates hidden local impacts, including wildly uneven regional carbon emissions depending on whether the local grid relies on fossil fuels or green energy.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of wildly
Adverb
  • Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of frenetically
Adverb
  • 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
  • Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026
Definition of hectically
Adverb
  • Teams feverishly shifted their rosters for a chance at the next title run, a shot at the Knicks’ throne.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • General manager Julien BriseBois was feverishly trying to improve the roster for next season and beyond.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026
Definition of feverishly
Adverb
  • Authorities on Sunday arrested Jacob Williams Haskins on suspicion of recklessly causing a fire, the Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit said in a news release Monday.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
  • But OutKick didn't recklessly publish unconfirmed information or deny ESPN an opportunity to respond.
    — Dan Zaksheske OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of recklessly

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