wildlyadv.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪldli/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪl(d)li/

Etymology: < wild adj. + -ly suffix².

In a wild manner, in various senses.

†1. Without order, irregularly; in disorder or confusion; at random, ‘anyhow’; aimlessly, heedlessly. Obsolete except as implied in other senses.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > randomly

wildlyc1369

random1619

hab nab1664

randomly1765

anyhow1828

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly

unadvised1420

wildly1548

unrespectively1586

regardlessly1590

unheedily1596

unheedfullya1616

disregardfully1640

unmindfullya1653

inadvertently1678

non-attendingly1678

heedlesslya1682

unregardedly1685

inadvertingly1715

inattentively1748

unheedingly1787

slap-bang1829

regardless1872

merrily1906

blithely1921

slap-happily1969

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 875 Were she neuer so glad, Hyr lokynge was nat foly sprad Ne wildely, thogh that she pleyde.

1450 J. Gresham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 51 How þe cuntre of N. and S. [sc. Norfolk and Suffolk] stonde right wildely withowt a mene may be that iustice be hadde.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlvj The kynge lyke a louynge broother woulde not sende hys syster wyldely withoute a dowar assured.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 539 As th'vnthought-on accident is guiltie To what we wildely do, so we professe Our selues to be the slaues of chance.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 128 How wildely then walkes my Estate in France?

a1633 G. Herbert Priest to Temple (1652) xxii. 92 The Questions must be propounded loosely and wildely, and then the Answerer will discover what hee is.

1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 193 There is more copiousness in things wildely scattered, than in things well and orderly digested.

1727 J. Thomson Summer 14 The wildly-devious morning Walk.

1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. Introd. 300 Wildly loose their red locks fly.

1820 C. A. Southey Ellen Fitzarthur 80 Fancy's wildly-roving eye.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 46 A hundred thousand shapes and substances of incompleteness, wildly mingled out of their places.]

2. Without restraint (in various shades of meaning).

a. Beyond limits of reason; extravagantly, fantastically; distractedly, as if out of one's wits.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adverb] > in extravagant manner

wildlyc1449

extravagantly1660

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > frenzied or raging

woodlyc1000

wildlyc1449

staringly1598

frantic1609

rabidly?1611

frenetically1837

frenziedly1856

berserkly1963

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 72 A greet licence han writers and spekers..forto write and speke more wijldeli than thei schulden be suffrid forto write and speke.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H4^v As the poore frighted Deare that stands at gaze, Wildly determining which way to flie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 81 Sweating, and blowing, and looking wildely .

1675 M. Clifford Treat. Humane Reason 68 This opinion is so wildly uncharitable, that it strikes out ten thousand Millions out of the book of Life, for each single Name that it leaves in it.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 36 Damon..wildly staring upwards, thus inveigh'd Against the conscious Gods.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 149 Some of them upon hearing me talk so wildly thought I was mad.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 121 Enthusiasm frequently..injures those whom it wildly attempts to serve.

1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III vii. 6 Yet must I think less wildly:—I have thought Too long and darkly, till my brain became,..A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 663 How many times should we have rushed wildly from extreme to extreme!

1913 Daily Graphic 26 Mar. 9/1 ‘The Great Adventure’..is wildly extravagant and yet it is very simple and human.

b. Without moral restraint; dissolutely, licentiously; in freedom from control, at one's own will.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adverb] > with excessive lack of restraint

wildly1561

licentiously1591

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adverb]

unthriftilyc1386

riotously?1529

dissolutely1549

wildly1561

desolately1608

abandonedly1723

profligately1741

riotly1786

1561 tr. J. Calvin Foure Godlye Serm. Idolatries iii. sig. I.vii Thei might haue liued in other places wildly & wantonly.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 128 That I should..speake of something wildly By vs perform'd before.

1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 8 Some few do travell in the wayes Divine, Some wander wildly with the Muses nine.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xiii. 291 M. Valancourt had comported himself wildly at Paris, and had spent a great deal of money.

c. With unrestrained or violent movement, feeling, or utterance; vehemently; excitedly; ‘frantically’, ‘like mad’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adverb]

rageously1486

violently1518

franticly1549

ragingly1549

wildly1593

turbulently1602

impotently1621

transportedly1652

like wild1674

frantically1749

madly1756

seethingly1887

like crazy1924

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with rapid or sudden violence

brathlya1300

angerly?a1425

impetuously1485

headilya1500

vehemently1538

angardlyc1540

furiouslya1577

rank1590

wildly1593

amok1838

torrentially1882

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adverb]

barbarously1552

uncivilly1577

wildly1593

brutisha1645

vandalously1890

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij Some [bushes] twin'd about her thigh to make her stay, She wildly breaketh from their strict imbrace.

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 187 Those septentrionall inundations,..have..wildly deluviated over all the South.

1656 A. Cowley Nemæan Ode in Pindaric Odes vii Some wildly fled About the room, some into corners crept.

a1771 T. Gray Ode in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 236 Their raptures now that wildly flow.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 167 The wretch that once sang wildly, danc'd and laugh'd,..Is sober, meek, benevolent.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 84 A shout..terminating in a cadence so wildly prolonged, that..the deer fled from their caves.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 173 The villagers danced wildly to the music.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 212 The flakes sped wildly in their oblique course.

1909 Stacpoole Pools of Silence xix The whole..herd [of elephants] wheeled, trumpeted wildly.

a. Without cultivation, naturally, like a wild plant. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > [adverb] > in an uneducated manner > naturally

wildlya1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 181 Valour That wildely growes in them, but yeelds a crop As if it had beene sow'd [printed fow'd] .

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. vii. §5 That which grows wildly of it self is worth nothing.

b. Without the refinement or orderliness of culture or training; rudely, roughly, savagely. Also (now esp.) in good sense: In a free, natural, or unconventional style; with the romantic aspect of uncultivated country.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adverb]

rudelyc1405

inurbanely1610

wildlya1616

society > education > [adverb] > in an uneducated manner

wildly1730

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > simplicity > [adverb] > in free or natural style

wildly1730

unartistically1934

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 43 Her Hedges.., Like Prisoners wildly ouer-growne with hayre, Put forth disorder'd Twigs.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 89 When he demean'd himselfe, rough, rude, and wildly .

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 181 The toil-invigorate youth,..Leaps, wildly graceful, in the lively dance.

a1793 G. White Invitation in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1813) 563 The mountain ground, Wildly majestic.

1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 483 The wildly wooded banks of the Ardoch.

1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vii. 126 Here the view became wildly interesting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wildly
释义	wildlyadv. Brit. /ˈwʌɪldli/, U.S. /ˈwaɪl(d)li/ Etymology: < wild adj. + -ly suffix². In a wild manner, in various senses. †1. Without order, irregularly; in disorder or confusion; at random, ‘anyhow’; aimlessly, heedlessly. Obsolete except as implied in other senses. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > randomly wildlyc1369 random1619 hab nab1664 randomly1765 anyhow1828 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly unadvised1420 wildly1548 unrespectively1586 regardlessly1590 unheedily1596 unheedfullya1616 disregardfully1640 unmindfullya1653 inadvertently1678 non-attendingly1678 heedlesslya1682 unregardedly1685 inadvertingly1715 inattentively1748 unheedingly1787 slap-bang1829 regardless1872 merrily1906 blithely1921 slap-happily1969 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 875 Were she neuer so glad, Hyr lokynge was nat foly sprad Ne wildely, thogh that she pleyde. 1450 J. Gresham in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 51 How þe cuntre of N. and S. [sc. Norfolk and Suffolk] stonde right wildely withowt a mene may be that iustice be hadde. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. xlvj The kynge lyke a louynge broother woulde not sende hys syster wyldely withoute a dowar assured. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 539 As th'vnthought-on accident is guiltie To what we wildely do, so we professe Our selues to be the slaues of chance. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. ii. 128 How wildely then walkes my Estate in France? View more context for this quotation a1633 G. Herbert Priest to Temple (1652) xxii. 92 The Questions must be propounded loosely and wildely, and then the Answerer will discover what hee is. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 193 There is more copiousness in things wildely scattered, than in things well and orderly digested. 1727 J. Thomson Summer 14 The wildly-devious morning Walk. 1808 W. Scott Marmion vi. Introd. 300 Wildly loose their red locks fly. 1820 C. A. Southey Ellen Fitzarthur 80 Fancy's wildly-roving eye. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) vi. 46 A hundred thousand shapes and substances of incompleteness, wildly mingled out of their places.] 2. Without restraint (in various shades of meaning). a. Beyond limits of reason; extravagantly, fantastically; distractedly, as if out of one's wits. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > other specific behaviour > [adverb] > in extravagant manner wildlyc1449 extravagantly1660 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adverb] > frenzied or raging woodlyc1000 wildlyc1449 staringly1598 frantic1609 rabidly?1611 frenetically1837 frenziedly1856 berserkly1963 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 72 A greet licence han writers and spekers..forto write and speke more wijldeli than thei schulden be suffrid forto write and speke. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. H4^v As the poore frighted Deare that stands at gaze, Wildly determining which way to flie. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 81 Sweating, and blowing, and looking wildely . View more context for this quotation 1675 M. Clifford Treat. Humane Reason 68 This opinion is so wildly uncharitable, that it strikes out ten thousand Millions out of the book of Life, for each single Name that it leaves in it. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 36 Damon..wildly staring upwards, thus inveigh'd Against the conscious Gods. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 149 Some of them upon hearing me talk so wildly thought I was mad. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 121 Enthusiasm frequently..injures those whom it wildly attempts to serve. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III vii. 6 Yet must I think less wildly:—I have thought Too long and darkly, till my brain became,..A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. x. 663 How many times should we have rushed wildly from extreme to extreme! 1913 Daily Graphic 26 Mar. 9/1 ‘The Great Adventure’..is wildly extravagant and yet it is very simple and human. b. Without moral restraint; dissolutely, licentiously; in freedom from control, at one's own will. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adverb] > with excessive lack of restraint wildly1561 licentiously1591 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adverb] unthriftilyc1386 riotously?1529 dissolutely1549 wildly1561 desolately1608 abandonedly1723 profligately1741 riotly1786 1561 tr. J. Calvin Foure Godlye Serm. Idolatries iii. sig. I.vii Thei might haue liued in other places wildly & wantonly. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. i. 128 That I should..speake of something wildly By vs perform'd before. View more context for this quotation 1653 J. Taylor Certain Trav. Uncertain Journey 8 Some few do travell in the wayes Divine, Some wander wildly with the Muses nine. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho IV. xiii. 291 M. Valancourt had comported himself wildly at Paris, and had spent a great deal of money. c. With unrestrained or violent movement, feeling, or utterance; vehemently; excitedly; ‘frantically’, ‘like mad’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > violent emotion > [adverb] rageously1486 violently1518 franticly1549 ragingly1549 wildly1593 turbulently1602 impotently1621 transportedly1652 like wild1674 frantically1749 madly1756 seethingly1887 like crazy1924 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with rapid or sudden violence brathlya1300 angerly?a1425 impetuously1485 headilya1500 vehemently1538 angardlyc1540 furiouslya1577 rank1590 wildly1593 amok1838 torrentially1882 society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > civilization > lack of civilization > [adverb] barbarously1552 uncivilly1577 wildly1593 brutisha1645 vandalously1890 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Fiij Some [bushes] twin'd about her thigh to make her stay, She wildly breaketh from their strict imbrace. View more context for this quotation 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 187 Those septentrionall inundations,..have..wildly deluviated over all the South. 1656 A. Cowley Nemæan Ode in Pindaric Odes vii Some wildly fled About the room, some into corners crept. a1771 T. Gray Ode in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 236 Their raptures now that wildly flow. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 167 The wretch that once sang wildly, danc'd and laugh'd,..Is sober, meek, benevolent. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iv, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 84 A shout..terminating in a cadence so wildly prolonged, that..the deer fled from their caves. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 173 The villagers danced wildly to the music. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 212 The flakes sped wildly in their oblique course. 1909 Stacpoole Pools of Silence xix The whole..herd [of elephants] wheeled, trumpeted wildly. 3. a. Without cultivation, naturally, like a wild plant. rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > [adverb] > in an uneducated manner > naturally wildlya1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 181 Valour That wildely growes in them, but yeelds a crop As if it had beene sow'd [printed fow'd] . View more context for this quotation 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. vii. §5 That which grows wildly of it self is worth nothing. b. Without the refinement or orderliness of culture or training; rudely, roughly, savagely. Also (now esp.) in good sense: In a free, natural, or unconventional style; with the romantic aspect of uncultivated country. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adverb] rudelyc1405 inurbanely1610 wildlya1616 society > education > [adverb] > in an uneducated manner wildly1730 the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > simplicity > [adverb] > in free or natural style wildly1730 unartistically1934 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) v. ii. 43 Her Hedges.., Like Prisoners wildly ouer-growne with hayre, Put forth disorder'd Twigs. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) v. i. 89 When he demean'd himselfe, rough, rude, and wildly . View more context for this quotation 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 181 The toil-invigorate youth,..Leaps, wildly graceful, in the lively dance. a1793 G. White Invitation in Nat. Hist. Selborne (1813) 563 The mountain ground, Wildly majestic. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 483 The wildly wooded banks of the Ardoch. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain I. vii. 126 Here the view became wildly interesting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1369
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