wildly
/ˈwʌɪldli
/adverb
1In a way that lacks discipline or restraint: toddlers run wildly in circles the audience cheered wildly [as submodifier]: she was wildly enthusiastic about the food...
- The resulting ballet, Billboards, set to music by the rock star Prince, earned the company millions but the sight of its dancers gyrating wildly in bikinis generated much damaging criticism.
- He swung wildly, giving the other man enough time to duck.
- Schumacher had powered into a lead of over four seconds after careering wildly across Hakkinen at the start to maintain the advantage of pole.
1.1In a way that indicates distraction or strong emotion: he ran to us, staring wildly his face is red, his arms gesticulating wildly...
- He hears her open the door, and he hears her screaming wildly.
- He is smiling wildly.
- She laughs wildly and climbs up the staircase, daring him to go.
2To a ridiculous or extreme degree: he has a tendency to exaggerate wildly oil prices have fluctuated wildly since May [as submodifier]: a wildly impractical scheme...
- Two of the new sculptures (all works 2004) feature big plywood or Sheetrock screens behind which lurk some wildly incongruous commercial objects.
- Perhaps not surprisingly, their responses were wildly complimentary.
- Five wildly different architectural signatures - Foster, Maki, Calatrava, Nouvel, Childs - do not add up to a coherent vision.