1
: in a mad manner
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
madly in love
Examples of madly in a Sentence
He told her that he loved her madly.
She fell madly in love with him.
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Her theft results in the throwers of those coins—played by Will Arnett, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder, and Bell’s future husband Dax Shepard—falling madly in love with her.
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Gage and Harvey Guillén play boyfriends who appear to be madly in love.
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His bandmates and friends who stayed with him to the end describe Carmen as a kind and generous suburban dad, happily retired, madly in love with Amy, and shattered by the loss of his relationship with his kids.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
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—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
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Shannon Carlin, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Gage and Harvey Guillén play boyfriends who appear to be madly in love.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
His bandmates and friends who stayed with him to the end describe Carmen as a kind and generous suburban dad, happily retired, madly in love with Amy, and shattered by the loss of his relationship with his kids.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
Expand All Justin Ervin was 20 years old and madly in love.
—Kallie Cox, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for madly
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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