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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I had no intention of getting married again, but I fell madly in love with the person who changed that.
From Los Angeles Times
On the eve of the Civil War, the Columbian Register lamented the growing likelihood of “the stars of our political firmament” being “torn from their orbits, and plunging madly about, or tilting one the other.”
After she nurses him back to health, Matt falls madly in love only to freak out when he learns about her sordid past.
From Los Angeles Times
His hyperactivity for much of the day - leaping about his technical area and gesturing madly in the manner of a man at a rave - had gone.
From BBC
Frank Gehrys Walt Disney Concert Hall is a powerful and madly exuberant work.
From Los Angeles Times
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