crazily

adverb

Definition of crazilynext
as in desperately

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  1. desperately
  2. frantically
  3. wildly
  4. madly
Adverb
  • The Cardinals are desperately trying to move the veteran third baseman, so a trade would likely come quite easily.
    Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024
  • As Chelsea’s players carve out their fifth straight UEFA Conference League victory, those in the stands desperately attempt to stay warm.
    Lucy Oliva, The Athletic, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • Thankfully, after a weekend spent frantically scrubbing her skin, Ryan did manage to remove most of the paint.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Bald and tired, Harley studied frantically from his hospital bed, clinging to schoolwork as a handhold on life.
    Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of frantically
Adverb
  • The best vanilla perfumes are wildly underrated in their versatility.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 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
Definition of wildly
Adverb
  • Amador Valley opened up the scoring on its first drive as quarterback Tristan Tia madly scrambled for nearly 10 seconds before dumping the ball off to junior running back Vince Maiorana, who took it 43 yards to the house for a touchdown.
    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
Definition of madly
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