English adverb: madly | |||
1. | madly in an uncontrolled manner | ||
Samples | She fought back madly. | ||
Synonyms | frantically | ||
2. | madly in an insane manner | ||
Samples | She behaved insanely. He behaves crazily when he is off his medication. The witch cackled madly. Screaming dementedly. | ||
Synonyms | crazily, dementedly, insanely | ||
Antonyms | sanely | ||
3. | madly (used as intensives) extremely | ||
Samples | She was madly in love. Deadly dull. Deadly earnest. Deucedly clever. Insanely jealous. | ||
Synonyms | deadly, deucedly, devilishly, insanely | ||
Domain usage | intensifier, intensive | ||