Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

    He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.

    in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner

  2. To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.

    wildly exagerrated

    to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree

Examples

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  1. I felt my heart beating wildly.

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  2. Mary's heart began to pound wildly.

    ruСердце Мэри бешено заколотилось.

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  3. Sami was wildly out of control.

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  4. "Watch out!" the girl shouted wildly.

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  5. Reporters are wildly outnumbered by flacks.

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly.

From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly.

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Forms

more wildly/wildlier, most wildly/wildliest
Comparativemore wildly / wildlier Lesson
Superlativemost wildly / wildliest

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwild

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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