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Recent Examples of crazily
And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping.
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Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.
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Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
All this happened before, with the aid of a boombox, Singh and the little girls taught me to crazily dance Punjabi-style in their welcoming home occupied by three generations.
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Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
That seems like a crazily low number of songs.
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Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
4 June 2026
The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.
—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
All this happened before, with the aid of a boombox, Singh and the little girls taught me to crazily dance Punjabi-style in their welcoming home occupied by three generations.
—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
4 Feb. 2026
Granted, by the time the Jet Skis are swinging crazily in the air, Nathan has only been onboard for a few hours.
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Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
7 Oct. 2025
That seems like a crazily low number of songs.
—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crazily
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Designated for assignment by the Phillies, Wilson was claimed by the Cubs, who desperately needed bullpen depth.
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New York desperately needs housing and Aqueduct must be a major part of the answer.
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Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads.
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Back in their dorm room after the beating, Valentine watched as Okeadu began to tremble uncontrollably.
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Jessica Gonzalez hustles behind her booth at the recent Renegade Craft Fair, frantically ringing up sales, answering questions and packaging her beeswax candles.
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For five days Oswadeliz Núñez Ramírez has been frantically searching for her son across hospitals in La Guaira and Caracas.
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In a wildly entertaining match from start-to-finish, Norway did just enough to sneak into the round of 16 for a date with Brazil in New York/New Jersey.
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The challenges all take place outside of the studio and are wildly imaginative and surprisingly low-fi.
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Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard.
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And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier.
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When Grace first awakens on his ship, the film cuts hectically around, above, and below him, as if to approximate his mental and physical disorientation.
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Tanner plunges into these ostentatiously autobiographical roles, heedlessly, hectically and without a psychiatric net.
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The Carys took one look at Vera’s fish, then began to cast feverishly.
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Devastating and often fatal wrong-way crashes have MassDOT and lawmakers like State Senator Bruce Tarr working feverishly to prevent them.
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Police said vehicles were doing donuts and speed contests, while several motorcycles were also seen being driven recklessly in the area.
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“Crazily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crazily. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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