uncontrollably

adverb

Definition of uncontrollablynext
as in crazily

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrollably
  1. desperately
  2. frantically
  3. wildly
  4. amok
  5. madly
Adverb
  • But satin glides against your hair with no friction and doesn’t soak up the oils your hair is desperately clinging to during the low-humidity season.
    Clint Davis, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
  • This team exemplified the bigger-tent approach this sport has desperately lacked for decades.
    Justin Williams, The Athletic, 1 Jan. 2025
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
  • 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
Definition of wildly
Adverb
  • Yours, Vocation: Location Dear Vocation: Location, Your ability to see cinematic potential everywhere is a gift—but one that’s running amok.
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Kavanaugh denied the allegations and, thanks to Trump and the Senate’s Republican majority, he was lionized on the right as a victim of a movement run amok.
    Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of amok
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of madly
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