wildly
adverb
wild·ly
ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-lē 
1
: in a wild manner
was talking wildly
2
: extremely sense 2
wildly popular
wildly enthusiastic
Examples of wildly in a Sentence
He was waving his arms wildly.
I'm not wildly enthusiastic about seeing them.
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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Baidu plans to give users of its main smartphone app direct access to the wildly popular artificial intelligence tool OpenClaw, according to a spokesperson for the Chinese tech company.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Turns out the true Real Housewives of New York City legacy is wildly out-of-pocket social-media posts.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
Arnold’s very sad and wildly premature passing led to fans swarming DSPs and digital retailers to reconnect with some of his signature band’s biggest hits.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
Mustafa’s 2024 debut album, Dunya—a folk memoir about growing up as a devout Muslim in a violent Toronto housing project as the son of immigrants from Sudan—was wildly acclaimed.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
Turns out the true Real Housewives of New York City legacy is wildly out-of-pocket social-media posts.
—Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2026
Arnold’s very sad and wildly premature passing led to fans swarming DSPs and digital retailers to reconnect with some of his signature band’s biggest hits.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2026
Mustafa’s 2024 debut album, Dunya—a folk memoir about growing up as a devout Muslim in a violent Toronto housing project as the son of immigrants from Sudan—was wildly acclaimed.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildly. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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