1
: in a mad manner
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
madly in love
Examples of madly in a Sentence
He told her that he loved her madly.
She fell madly in love with him.
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When Luigi arrived, tail wagging madly, students from throughout the school came to play with him — including some who had otherwise refused to return to campus.
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Today’s Wordle Etymology The word madly comes from mad (meaning insane, foolish, or intense in emotion) + -ly, a suffix used to form adverbs.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Her theft results in the throwers of those coins—played by Will Arnett, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder, and Bell’s future husband Dax Shepard—falling madly in love with her.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Gage and Harvey Guillén play boyfriends who appear to be madly in love.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
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Emily Baumgaertner Nunn, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
Today’s Wordle Etymology The word madly comes from mad (meaning insane, foolish, or intense in emotion) + -ly, a suffix used to form adverbs.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Her theft results in the throwers of those coins—played by Will Arnett, Danny DeVito, Jon Heder, and Bell’s future husband Dax Shepard—falling madly in love with her.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
Gage and Harvey Guillén play boyfriends who appear to be madly in love.
—Marc Malkin, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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