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as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner
dashed madly around the house during last-minute preparations for the party
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as in enthusiastically
in an enthusiastic manner
the young singer has been so madly praised by the critics you'd think she had invented singing itself
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Recent Examples of madly
Berenice was the queen of Egypt around 200 B.C. and was madly in love with her husband, the famous Pharaoh Ptolemy III.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
When either parent finds a new partner, the new adult couple may be madly in love – just look at the pictures of Sánchez and Bezos.
—Naomi Cahn, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
All this while grinning madly, the cat who got the cream.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The two wed in 1964 and were madly in love for the next four decades, until her death from uterine cancer in 2005.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
When either parent finds a new partner, the new adult couple may be madly in love – just look at the pictures of Sánchez and Bezos.
—Naomi Cahn, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
All this while grinning madly, the cat who got the cream.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025
The two wed in 1964 and were madly in love for the next four decades, until her death from uterine cancer in 2005.
—Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madly
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Butters in particular kills it, going from surfer chick to worrying mom clutching a glass of crisp white wine, frantically trying to save her engagement while stuck inside the body of a teenager.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ford’s wife, Mary, had already left early for her job as a nurse when Tommy started frantically trying to wake him up.—
Jen Reeder,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The stock, which several analysts say is wildly overvalued (with a market cap valuing it at around 100 times its annual revenue), has shot up nearly 600% from a year ago.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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An endorsement from a president wildly popular with Kentucky voters could be a deciding factor in the 2026 Republican primary race for U.S. Senate.—
Lucas Aulbach,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madly. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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