madly

«madly» in Mova's school dictionary: In a wild, uncontrolled or frantic way: running madly about — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

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 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

• 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.