Synonyms for madly
ˈmæd limad·ly

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1. madly, franticallyadverb

   in an uncontrolled manner

   "she fought back madly"

   Synonyms:
   devilishly, dementedly, insanely, deucedly, deadly, crazily, frantically

2. insanely, crazily, dementedly, madlyadverb

   in an insane manner

   "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly"

   Synonyms:
   frantically, dementedly, insanely, deucedly, deadly, crazily, devilishly

3. madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishlyadverb

   (used as intensives) extremely

   "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"

   Synonyms:
   lifelessly, devilishly, fiendishly, dementedly, insanely, diabolically, deucedly, deadly, devilish, crazily, frantically

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1. giddily

   madly, foolishly, in a flighty or foolish manner

   a giddy young person.

   Submitted by rinat on June 7, 2017  

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1. List of paraphrases for "madly":

   deliriously, wildly, insanely, tremendously

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1. Stephen Leacock:

   Lord Ronald said nothing he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.

2. Steve Irwin:

   No matter the circumstances are that you lose someone, nobody’s truly prepared, steve’s accident was so unexpected, it was extremely challenging. The Irwins married in 1991, just eight months after meeting and falling madly in love. The couple enjoyed a 14-year marriage and had two children, daughter Bindi and son Robert. After the Crocodile Hunter's freak accident, which led to his death, Terri Irwin said one of the ways Terri Irwin family learned to cope was through a daily conversation. Steve and Terri Irwin pose with a crocodile in 2002. ( Reuters).

3. Elizabeth Hurley:

   I’d love to fall madly in love with someone, which certainly won’t happen whilst I’m locked down with blood relatives.

4. Princess Nina Georgievna of Russia:

   Anastasia was madly jealous of me because I was taller than she was. As the daughter of the Emperor she thought she ought to tower over everyone.

5. Judy Garland:

   When you have lived the life I've lived, when you've loved and suffered, and been madly happy and desperately sad -- well, that's when you realize you'll never be able to set it all down. Maybe you'd rather die first.