madly
part of speech
adverb
meaning for a pupil
1) In a wild, uncontrolled or frantic way: running madly about. tree →
2) Very much; extremely: madly in love, madly busy. tree →
3) (old-fashioned) In a crazy or foolish way. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means wildly. The prophets use it for chariots rushing in battle. Interpretation: Jeremiah and Nahum paint war scenes. Tradition reads them as God's coming judgment on Egypt and Nineveh. In the primary lessons: In stories «madly» shows rushed or wild action, or strong feelings. In everyday talk it makes words stronger: «madly in love», «madly jealous». Phrases: madly in love, rush about madly, wave madly.
examples
- Prance, ye horses, and rush madly, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow. (Prophets JER.46.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings. (Prophets NAM.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- The puppy ran madly around the garden. tree →
- We waved madly at the plane. tree →
- They are madly in love. tree →
- Everyone was rushing about madly before the show. tree →
- The kids cheered madly when their team scored. tree →
- I scribbled madly to finish the test in time. tree →
- The bell rang madly. tree →
- She was madly busy all week. tree →
- ‘I see a swarm of brown horses racing madly after us,’ he answered. tree →
note
Adverb from «mad». In UK English «mad» can mean crazy or very keen; in US English «mad» often means angry, but «madly» rarely means angrily. Informal-to-neutral word.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «madly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.