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madly

adverb

1 she was smiling madly:

insanely, frantically, hysterically, deliriously, wildly, like a lunatic;

informal crazily, barmily.

2 it was fun, hurtling madly downhill:

fast, furiously, hurriedly, quickly, speedily, hastily, energetically;

informal like mad, like crazy.

3 informal Tara is madly in love with you:

intensely, fervently, wildly, unrestrainedly, enthusiastically, completely;

with all one's heart, to distraction, fantastically.

▷antonyms slightly.

4 informal his job isn't madly glamorous:

very, extremely, exceedingly, excessively, absurdly, ridiculously, fantastically, wildly, outrageously;

all that, terribly, terrifically, awfully, tremendously, hugely.

madly Oxford Dictionary of English