adverb
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in an insane or foolish manner
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with great speed and energy
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informal extremely or excessively
I love you madly
Etymology
Origin of madly
Example Sentences
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The gnomes were running around madly with messages from soldiers to the king, only gnomes have a hard time with longer names and messages, so King Barf’s name always came out a little garbled.
From Literature
“We never stopped believing that somewhere out there, in some stranger’s backyard, our mother’s rosebush was blossoming madly, wildly, pressing one perfect red flower after another out into the late afternoon light.”
But when I got to college and fell madly in love for the first time, I was primed for the Kate Bush version of “Wuthering Heights,” an avant-garde musical number, all shrieks and pleading.
From Los Angeles Times
Even so, Owen’s heart was still beating madly in his chest.
From Literature
I had no intention of getting married again, but I fell madly in love with the person who changed that.
From Los Angeles Times
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