crazily

adverb

Definition of crazilynext
as in desperately

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Recent Examples of crazily That seems like a crazily low number of songs. — Carson Blackwelder, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025 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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crazily
  1. desperately
  2. uncontrollably
  3. frantically
  4. wildly
  5. frenetically
  6. hectically
  7. feverishly
  8. recklessly
Adverb
  • And as things stand, San Francisco’s bullpen could desperately use someone like the submariner.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Shobeir made another brilliant stop on a close-range header by Alexis Mac Allister just after the hydration break as Argentina desperately searched for an equalizer.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
  • Back in their dorm room after the beating, Valentine watched as Okeadu began to tremble uncontrollably.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026
Definition of uncontrollably
Adverb
  • Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.
    — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
  • For five days Oswadeliz Núñez Ramírez has been frantically searching for her son across hospitals in La Guaira and Caracas.
    — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Definition of frantically
Adverb
  • As Egypt celebrated wildly, referee François Letexier went to the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) screen to look at a foul that may have occurred in the buildup.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • Marfan syndrome is particularly mysterious because members of a family who carry the same exact mutation can have wildly different health trajectories, Catherine Boileau, a geneticist at the French health research institution INSERM, told me.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 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
  • The Carys took one look at Vera’s fish, then began to cast feverishly.
    — Hank Bradshaw, Outdoor Life, 24 June 2026
  • Devastating and often fatal wrong-way crashes have MassDOT and lawmakers like State Senator Bruce Tarr working feverishly to prevent them.
    — Paul Burton, CBS News, 15 June 2026
Definition of feverishly
Adverb
  • Police said vehicles were doing donuts and speed contests, while several motorcycles were also seen being driven recklessly in the area.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Continue reading … ‘CHEAP SHOTS’ — WNBA suspends Alyssa Thomas for 'recklessly' hitting Caitlin Clark in throat.
    — , FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
Definition of recklessly

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