madly

[ mad-lee ]

adverb

1. insanely or wildly:

   The old witch cackled madly.

2. with desperate haste or intensity; furiously:

   They worked madly to repair the bridge.

3. foolishly:

   They lived madly, wasting all their money.

4. extremely:

   They're madly in love.

madly

/ ˈmædlɪ /

adverb

1. in an insane or foolish manner
2. with great speed and energy
3. informal.
   extremely or excessively

   I love you madly

Word History and Origins

Origin of madly¹

A Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; mad, -ly

Example Sentences

“It’s madly expensive,” he says.

From BBC

"If I could have chosen my last words to Quincy before he made that transition, I would have to borrow something that Duke Ellington would always say: 'Quincy, I love you madly.'"

From BBC

He explained to me that he had dated and been together with several women who he was really fond of, that he could be quite madly in love with them, but they wanted to have a family.

From Salon

“In Springfield, they're eating the dogs, the people that came in. They're eating the cats! They're eating — they're eating the pets of the people that live there,” Trump madly spewed in a wild impersonation of Grandpa Simpson, boosting a racist lie about Haitian immigrants in the process.

From Salon

Obsessing about what their neighbours are doing, and spending madly in a bid to catch up, has led them down some dark roads in recent years.

From BBC

Related Words

• crazily
• desperately
• energetically
• excitedly
• foolishly
• frantically
• furiously
• hastily
• hysterically
• intensely
• passionately
• recklessly
• tumultuously
• violently