1
: in a mad manner
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
madly in love
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He told her that he loved her madly.
She fell madly in love with him.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Roots of the New York School: The Foundations of American Modernism is a madly didactic abstraction that looks further back in time to artists and collectors like Duchamp, Rothko, Betty Parsons, Peggy Guggenheim, and Lee Krasner.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
The lovebirds are still together and as madly in love as ever.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Dec. 2024
Roots of the New York School: The Foundations of American Modernism is a madly didactic abstraction that looks further back in time to artists and collectors like Duchamp, Rothko, Betty Parsons, Peggy Guggenheim, and Lee Krasner.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
The lovebirds are still together and as madly in love as ever.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
In real life, Krasinski is madly in love with fellow actor Emily Blunt.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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