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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Hence, only those who are madly in love with the grape are crazy enough to try to reach for that elusive dream – to make life-changing Pinot Noir wines.
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Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Some of them will truly, madly, deeply miss this place, and playing there.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Enameled and gilded and madly ornate, installed under ultra-bright lights in a nook-like space — a former butler’s pantry?
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The pulsating warlike dances return, and the queen scribbles madly on the ground before collapsing before us.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Some of them will truly, madly, deeply miss this place, and playing there.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
Enameled and gilded and madly ornate, installed under ultra-bright lights in a nook-like space — a former butler’s pantry?
—Holland Cotter, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
The pulsating warlike dances return, and the queen scribbles madly on the ground before collapsing before us.
—Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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