crazily

adverb

Definition of crazilynext
as in desperately

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crazily
  1. desperately
  2. frantically
  3. wildly
  4. madly
Adverb
  • Liverpool desperately need to maintain their six-point lead at the top of the table with both Arsenal and Forest in touching distance.
    Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Undersea cables have been vital to the sovereignty of Estonia, a former Soviet republic that borders Russia and desperately needs to maintain power and communications channels that are free from Moscow’s control.
    Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • While the rest of the globe frantically fetishized growth targets, Bhutan shunned opportunities to monetize its considerable natural resources—including lumber, coal, and minerals—that would have come at the expense of the environment.
    By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • In a 911 call recording played at the press conference, a woman is heard frantically asking for help.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of frantically
Adverb
  • Their only hope lies with the wildly inconsistent Matthew Stafford, who ate up the Minnesota Vikings blitzes last week.
    Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the law ordering ByteDance to sell its wildly popular app, making TikTok's removal from app stores by Sunday all but certain.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of wildly
Adverb
  • Salmon schooled along the shore and leaped madly at nothing.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Herr Knock is retreating madly away from the camera, just prattling on, dancing maybe, soulless, gone.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of madly
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