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单词 madly
释义 I. madly, a. rare—1.|ˈmædlɪ|
[f. mad a. + -ly1.]
Characteristic of a mad person.
1816Byron Parisina xviii, It was a woman's shriek and ne'er In madlier accents rose despair.
II. madly, adv.|ˈmædlɪ|
[f. mad a. + -ly2.]
1. a. In a mad, insane or foolish manner.
a1225Leg. Kath. 2083 Hwi motestu se medliche?c1375Cursor M. 14608 (Fairf.) Als witles men madli þai lete.c1475Rauf Coilȝear 22 Amang thay myrk Montanis sa madlie thay mer.1535Coverdale Ps. lxxiv. 4, I sayde vnto the madde people: deale not so madly.1590Shakes. Mids. N. ii. i. 171 The iuyce of it, on sleeping eye-lids laid, Will make or man or woman madly dote.1606Tr. & Cr. ii. ii. 116 Or is your bloud So madly hot, that [etc.]?1654Martini's Conq. China 9 The men, though madly, use it [horse-hair] in tying up their hair.a1717Parnell Elegy Old Beauty 33 And all that's madly wild, or oddly gay, We call it only pretty Fanny's way.1778F. Burney Let. 6 July, Half the flattery I have had would have made me madly merry.1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. ix. II. 463 The help of that single power he had madly rejected.1874Green Short Hist. iii. §5. 139 The young King drew his sword, and rushed madly on the Justiciary.
b. Comb., as madly-used, madly-wrested adjs.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. v. i. 319 The madly us'd Maluolio.1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. i. xxviii. (1674) 30 The madly-wrested Reason of State which was now practised by many.
2. Colloq. uses.
a. Passionately, fervently (cf. quot. 1590).
1767Boswell Let. 30 Mar. (1924) I. 108, I was so madly in love as to think of marrying her.1880O. C. Stone Few Months New Guinea iv. 55 The natives..seem madly fond of kuku [sc. tobacco], and would pawn their very clothes for it if they wore any.1888W. S. Gilbert Trial by Jury 12, I love him—I love him—with fervour increasing, I worship and madly adore.1924A. Christie Man in Brown Suit ii. 19, I could never marry a man unless I loved him madly.1959[see beetle n.2 2 b].1974M. Cecil Heroines in Love v. 151 Upper-class heroines..were never ‘in love’, always ‘madly in love’.
b. Extremely, very, ‘awfully’.
1888H. James Reverberator II. i. 16, I was not madly impatient to see you married.1902G. Bell Lett. (1927) I. vii. 130 It is a madly interesting place.1935N. Marsh Enter Murderer ii. 31 She's madly keen on criminology.1937C. Connolly in L. Russell Press Gang! 79 Hubert said Balliol was perfect for case-histories like mine, but I realised I should find it madly ungay.1945N. Mitford Pursuit of Love ix. 73 It's madly wearing to the optic nerve centres.1954J. B. Priestley Magicians i. 20 Mavis..brightened up like a touched-off firework and was at once, in her own phrase, ‘madly gay’.1967[see draggy a. b].1974Radio Times 3 Jan. 5/4 Mr Williams's facial mobility is madly impressive.
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