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as in frantically
in a confused and reckless manner
dashed madly around the house during last-minute preparations for the party
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as in enthusiastically
in an enthusiastic manner
the young singer has been so madly praised by the critics you'd think she had invented singing itself
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The Beverly Hills, 90210 cast is all grown up and madly in love!
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Brendan Le, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
Salmon schooled along the shore and leaped madly at nothing.
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Brendan Le, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
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
The rest of us stand there madly spinning our mental resume - Board director?
—Ann Kirschner, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/madly. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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