| 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 | ||