Meaning

3 senses
  1. In a mad manner

    Without reason or understanding; wildly.

    I'm madly in love with you.

    wie verrückt

  2. Angrily

    Diane screamed madly down the phone to the prank caller.

  3. Extremely surprisingly or unexpectedly

More definitions
  • (used as intensives) excessively
  • in an ungovernable manner
  • in an insane manner

Examples

63 sentences
  1. Tom is madly in love with Mary.

    ruТом безумно влюблён в Мэри. — odexed

  2. Tom was madly in love with Mary.

    ruТом был безумно влюблён в Мэри. — marafon

  3. Tom fell madly in love with Mary.

  4. He is madly in love with that girl.

    ruОн безумно влюблён в эту девушку. — marafon

  5. Tom is also madly in love with Mary.

    ruТом тоже безумно влюблён в Мэри. — marafon

Translations

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By meaning 1
in a mad manner:

Origin

From Middle English madly, madli, medliche, equivalent to mad + -ly.

From Middle English madly, madli, medliche, equivalent to mad + -ly.

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Forms

madlier/more madly, madliest/most madly
Comparativemadlier / more madly Lesson
Superlativemadliest / most madly

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Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmad

See also

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