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mad·ly
(măd′lē)adv.
1. In a crazy way; insanely.
2. In a wild manner; frantically.
3. In a foolish manner; rashly.
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madly
(ˈmædlɪ)adv
1. in an insane or foolish manner
2. with great speed and energy
3. informal extremely or excessively: I love you madly.
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mad•ly
(ˈmæd li)adv.
1. insanely.
2. with desperate haste or intensity: worked madly.
3. extremely: madly in love.
[1175–1225]
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Adv. | 1. | madly - in an uncontrolled manner; "she fought back madly" |
2. | madly - in an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly" | |
3. | madly - (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous" intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
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madly
adverb
1. (Informal) passionately, wildly, desperately, intensely, exceedingly, extremely, excessively, to distraction, devotedly She has fallen madly in love with him.
2. foolishly, wildly, absurdly, ludicrously, unreasonably, irrationally, senselessly, nonsensically This seemed madly dangerous.
3. energetically, quickly, wildly, rapidly, hastily, furiously, excitedly, hurriedly, recklessly, speedily, like mad (informal), hell for leather, like lightning, hotfoot, like the clappers (Brit. informal), like nobody's business (informal), like greased lightning (informal) Children ran madly around the tables, shouting and playing.
4. insanely, frantically, hysterically, crazily, deliriously, distractedly, rabidly, frenziedly, dementedly He would cackle madly to himself in the small hours.
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Translations
بِجُنونبِجُنُوْنٍ
šílenězběsile
vanvittigt
hullun lailla
luđački
brjálæîislega
気違いのように
미친 듯이
noro
vansinnigt
อย่างเสียสติ
điên cuồng
madly
[ˈmædlɪ] ADV1. (= crazily) [scream, laugh, wave, rush] (one person) → como (un) loco/(una) loca; (more than one person) → como locos
my heart was beating madly → mi corazón latía como loco
my heart was beating madly → mi corazón latía como loco
2. (= very) he was madly jealous of his sister → estaba terriblemente celoso de su hermana
they were madly in love with each other → estaban locamente or perdidamente enamorados uno del otro
she found her new life madly exciting → su nueva vida le parecía terriblemente excitante
life is not madly exciting at the moment → en este momento mi vida no es muy emocionante
they were madly in love with each other → estaban locamente or perdidamente enamorados uno del otro
she found her new life madly exciting → su nueva vida le parecía terriblemente excitante
life is not madly exciting at the moment → en este momento mi vida no es muy emocionante
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
madly
[ˈmædli] adv [grin, gesticulate, rush] → follement
[love] → follement; [jealous, angry] → extrêmement
madly in love → éperdument amoureux/euse
to fall madly in love → tomber éperdument amoureux/euse
madly in love → éperdument amoureux/euse
to fall madly in love → tomber éperdument amoureux/euse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
madly
adv
(inf: = extremely) → wahnsinnig; to be madly in love (with somebody) → bis über beide Ohren (in jdn) verliebt sein, total (in jdn) verschossen sein (inf); I’m not madly keen to go → ich bin nicht wahnsinnig scharf (inf) → or erpicht darauf (zu gehen)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
madly
[ˈmædlɪ] adv (behave) → come un(a) pazzo/a; (love) → alla folliato be madly in love with sb → essere follemente innamorato/a di qn
I'm not madly keen on the idea → l'idea non mi entusiasma
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
mad
(mӕd) adjective1. mentally disturbed or insane. Ophelia went mad; You must be mad.
2. (sometimes with at or with) very angry. She was mad at me for losing my keys.
3. (with about) having a great liking or desire for. I'm just mad about Harry.
ˈmadly adverbˈmadness noun
ˈmadden verb
to make mad or very angry. The animal was maddened by the pain.
ˈmaddening adjective likely to cause anger. maddening delays.
ˈmaddeningly adverbˈmadman – plural ˈmadmen: feminine ˈmadwoman – plural ˈmadwomen – noun
a person who is insane. He drove/fought like a madman.
mad ˈcow disease noun a fatal disease of cattle, which can affect also humans who eat meat from infected cattle.
like mad wildly, desperately, very quickly etc. struggling/trying/running like mad.
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madly
→ بِجُنُوْنٍ zběsile vanvittigt wie verrückt παράφορα locamente hullun lailla follement luđački follemente 気違いのように 미친 듯이 furieus vanvittig szalenie loucamente безумно vansinnigt อย่างเสียสติ çılgınca điên cuồng 发狂地Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009