UNCONTROLLABLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

uncontrollably

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as in crazily

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Recent Examples of uncontrollably Meanwhile, wildfires have been blazing uncontrollably, most notably this week in the New Forest in southern England. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 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 Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026 But across Oklahoma, the fluid is spreading uncontrollably belowground, blasting out of old, unplugged wells, polluting land and contaminating drinking water. — Katie Campbell, ProPublica, 2 June 2026 The Eagles posted a video on the night of the trade of Hurts and Brown on a FaceTime call with each other, laughing uncontrollably. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 2 June 2026 The best anecdote is one about the film’s sneak preview in Pasadena where the audience, expecting another Exorcist, started laughing uncontrollably at what was on screen. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026 My jaw twitched uncontrollably. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

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Adverb

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

Definition of crazily

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But at a time when other actors might be trying to desperately avoid being typecast, Innanen seems to be relishing being the internet’s cutie of the moment.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026
His was the type of selfless service that is so desperately needed today.

— Bobby Zirkin, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of desperately

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Its heroines aren’t frantically networking at film festivals or plotting their next career moves.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2026
Stickers are stuck in the wrong spot, Trevor Etienne gets put on the board when it was meant to be his brother Travis, and owners look frantically for a Stefon Diggs or Keenan Allen sticker that doesn’t exist in the pack.

— Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of frantically

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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

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Fly’s brand of rap, defined by spare, steely 808 beats and club shoutouts, was wildly popular, spawning nearly 50 mixtape volumes and many more songs since.

— Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026
That may still be the case in the coming weeks, but the second episode of HBO’s Lanterns makes for a fairly solid (if simple and straightforward) follow-up with some wildly entertaining moments.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of wildly

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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

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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.

— Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Following a string of low-budget hits, Wheatley was handed the reins of the sequel to the smash Jason Statham-starring action film about a prehistoric shark run amok in the modern world.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 June 2026

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