madly

adverb

mad·​ly ˈmad-lē How to pronounce madly (audio)
1
: in a mad manner
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
madly in love

Examples of madly in a Sentence

He told her that he loved her madly. She fell madly in love with him.
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When either parent finds a new partner, the new adult couple may be madly in love – just look at the pictures of Sánchez and Bezos. Naomi Cahn, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 All this while grinning madly, the cat who got the cream. Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 2025 The two wed in 1964 and were madly in love for the next four decades, until her death from uterine cancer in 2005. Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 31 May 2025 And while this might all sound madly futuristic, our adversaries are already developing, deploying, and testing such capabilities. Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for madly

Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of madly was in the 13th century

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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.

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