单词 | madly |
释义 | madly (once / 1125 pages) 1adv 2adv To do something madly is to do it in a frenzied or crazy way. If you oversleep, you might throw your clothes on and run madly out the door to catch your bus. If your sister has a demented, angry expression on her face, you could say that her eyes are glowing madly. If your brother is rushing around the house, trying to hastily clean it up before your parents get home, you might say that he's madly throwing things in the garbage. Madly sometimes also means "intensely" or "excessively." In Shakespeare's famous play, Romeo and Juliet love each other madly. WORD FAMILYmad: madded, maddest, madding, madly, madness+/madness: madnesses USAGE EXAMPLESIt just felt so madly wonderful to be free. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) But then my friend proceeded to madly customize her bowl, like some Dr. Phokenstein. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) But something unexpected happens: Mendel falls madly in love with Trina, further entangling this skein of classic New York neurotics. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1 1adv in an insane manner the witch cackled madly Syn|Ant crazily, dementedly, insanely sanely in a sane or lucid manner 2adv in an uncontrolled manner 2she fought back madly Syn frantically adv (used as intensives) extremely she was madly in love Syn deadly, deucedly, devilishly, insanely |
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