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
  • These updates were desperately needed, Pearson said, because of a rise in after-dark solicitors.
    Vivien Ayers, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
  • At the most basic level, some disabled people may simply be looking forward, perhaps desperately because living disabled is expensive, to promised lower prices and a generally more optimistic economic climate — no matter what, no matter how or by whom.
    Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • His mind raced, frantically considering the options.
    Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 19 Nov. 2024
  • In Part 2 of the final series, Rip is moving the Yellowstone cattle to Texas to save the herd from a deadly outbreak of brucellosis when Beth frantically calls him informing him of her father's death.
    Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
Definition of frantically
Adverb
  • Like [does a wildly tongue-twisting Busta impression].
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Scripted by Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo, the film watches as a group of best’ friends private and wildly inappropriate, year-long group chat is hacked, which risks upending their individual lives and friendship with one another.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of wildly
Adverb
  • The department has long faced allegations about secretive deputy groups running amok in certain stations and jails, controlling command staff and promoting a culture of violence.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • All the while, Elon Musk—a far-right activist and the site’s owner, who is campaigning for and giving away millions to help elect Donald Trump—amplifies horrendous conspiracy theories about voter fraud, migrants run amok, and the idea that Jewish people hate white people.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of amok
Adverb
  • 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
  • The lovebirds are still together and as madly in love as ever.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of madly
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