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
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Examples of wildly in a Sentence
He was waving his arms wildly.
I'm not wildly enthusiastic about seeing them.
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Hollywood no longer provides admirable masculine ideals; the country’s most recognizable male figure is the one who’s always wildly, unreasonably the focus of controversy.
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Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
Bratwurst and beer served in steins became wildly popular.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
On how much power the HHS secretary wields [The job] can be wildly powerful and unpowerful at the same time.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
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—Al Shipley, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 18 Dec. 2024
Bratwurst and beer served in steins became wildly popular.
—Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
On how much power the HHS secretary wields [The job] can be wildly powerful and unpowerful at the same time.
—Dan Gorenstein, NPR, 18 Dec. 2024
Tierra Whack – World Wide Whack Tierra Whack’s wildly original 2018 mixtape Whack World was a brief but memorable debut, speeding through 15 songs in 15 minutes.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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