/ˈmædli/
OriginFrom Middle English madly, madli, medliche, equivalent to mad + -ly.
- without reason or understanding; wildly.
“I'm madly in love with you.”
“But his cries were heard, as he madly grappled with the knives which stabbed him.”
“If Austria had not madly invaded Piedmont in 1859, France could not have fought. If, the Pope had not been madly obstinate in rejecting the reforms pressed on him by France, he must have been sustaine”
- angrily
“Diane screamed madly down the phone to the prank caller.”
- extremely surprisingly or unexpectedly
“In a way the better procedures you have I think, bizarrely and madly it actually serves to increase rather than decrease the problem”
Formsmadlier(comparative) · more madly(comparative) · madliest(superlative) · most madly(superlative)