wildly
adverb
wild·ly
ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-lē 
1
: in a wild manner
was talking wildly
2
: extremely sense 2
wildly popular
wildly enthusiastic
Examples of wildly in a Sentence
He was waving his arms wildly.
I'm not wildly enthusiastic about seeing them.
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In short, fate’s distribution of long straws is wildly capricious.
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 4 May 2025
The eastern coast of the Italian Riviera, beginning in Genoa and ending at the Tuscan border, ranks among the most famous seasides in the world, with wildly popular resorts like Portofino and Cinque Terre.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
This is just a wildly nepotistic kind of move that doesn’t lend itself to believe in future success.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The mass appeal from those cost savings helped catapult them from companies no one had heard of to being wildly popular and among the fastest growing online retailers.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
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Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 4 May 2025
The eastern coast of the Italian Riviera, beginning in Genoa and ending at the Tuscan border, ranks among the most famous seasides in the world, with wildly popular resorts like Portofino and Cinque Terre.
—Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
This is just a wildly nepotistic kind of move that doesn’t lend itself to believe in future success.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 2 May 2025
The mass appeal from those cost savings helped catapult them from companies no one had heard of to being wildly popular and among the fastest growing online retailers.
—Emily Feng, NPR, 2 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for wildly
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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildly. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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