Madly
['mædlɪ] or ['mædli]
Definition
(adv.) (used as intensives) extremely; 'she was madly in love'; 'deadly dull'; 'deadly earnest'; 'deucedly clever'; 'insanely jealous'.
(adv.) in an uncontrolled manner; 'she fought back madly'.
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Definition
(a.) In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.
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Examples
- In another moment they were racing as madly away from us as they had before been charging down upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- And how madly we loved two months ago! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I rushed madly from the room on to the landing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lydgate was madly anxious about her affection, and jealous lest any other man than himself should win it and ask her to marry him. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He did not wait for them to join him, however, instead he wheeled his thoat and came tearing madly in our direction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- My respite was short-lived however, for soon the entire party, numbering some thousand men, came charging into view, racing madly toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But the lumpy gentleman, unwilling to give it up, again madly said, 'ESKER,' and again spake no more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The others rushed madly upon me with drawn swords. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- He and they, who wickedly began and madly continue a war for the desolation of America, are accountable for the consequences. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Jip barked madly all the time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Sab Than, prince of Zodanga, has her hidden in the city and has fallen madly in love with her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- She held her head aside and brushed and brushed her hair madly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Vainly striving to utter a cry of terror, with his tongue cleaving to his mouth, he rushed madly forward. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The merging, the clutching, the mingling of love was become madly abhorrent to him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It thundered at the town, and thundered at the cliffs, and brought the coast down, madly. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The farmers and cottagers, on the contrary, struck with the fear of solitude, and madly desirous of medical assistance, flocked into the towns. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In the frenzy of his rage, he hurled the inkstand madly forward, and followed it up himself. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Grey as he was--and a great-grandfather into the bargain, for he said so--I was madly jealous of him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He caught it up, devoured it with his eyes, and then danced madly about the room, pressing it to his bosom and shrieking out in his delight. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Armed men rushed from the interior of many a hut and raced madly across the clearing toward the excited sentry. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- If they succeed, the squibs are discharged and the bull races madly about the arena. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I slipped through his grip, and he with a horrible scream kicked madly for a few seconds, and clawed the air with both his hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The natives in the field dropped their implements and broke madly for the palisade. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- There were three of them, and they were racing madly in single file through the dense undergrowth. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I see you are delighted to get rid of me, said Meyler, and I could never love, nor believe in the love of any woman, who was not madly jealous of me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Never, never, Arabella exclaimed, madly inhaling her salts-bottle. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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