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as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner
dashed madly around the house during last-minute preparations for the party
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as in enthusiastically
in an enthusiastic manner
the young singer has been so madly praised by the critics you'd think she had invented singing itself
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Recent Examples of madly
Berenice was the queen of Egypt around 200 B.C. and was madly in love with her husband, the famous Pharaoh Ptolemy III.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
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
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 25 May 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for madly
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The sky flashes with lightning as frantically as a toddler with a light switch.—
Colleen Hagerty,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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Even the Dodgers, the team that seemingly had everything, are frantically trying to shore up a porous bullpen.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
26 July 2025
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Today, governments are wildly off track to achieve them.—
Amitabh Behar,
Time,
28 July 2025
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Donald Trump continued his ostensible effort to distract from the Epstein files fallout by reviving his wildly unfounded accusation that celebrities like Beyoncé and Oprah Winfrey were illegally paid millions to endorse Kamala Harris during the 2024 election.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
28 July 2025
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madly. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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