wildly
In a wild, uncontrolled mannerIn a wild, uncontrolled manner.
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» I felt my heart beating wildly.
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2 sensesIn a wild, uncontrolled manner.
He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.
in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner
To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.
wildly exagerrated
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
Examples
38 sentencesI felt my heart beating wildly.
Mary's heart began to pound wildly.
ruСердце Мэри бешено заколотилось. — odexed
Sami was wildly out of control.
"Watch out!" the girl shouted wildly.
Reporters are wildly outnumbered by flacks.
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
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| Comparative | more wildly / wildlier Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most wildly / wildliest |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.