Antonyms for madly

Grammar : Adj

Spell : mad-lee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæd li

Definition of madly

Origin : early 13c., from mad (adj.) + -ly (2). Colloquial meaning "passionately" had emerged by 18c.

adj wildly, fiercely

Example sentences :

Madly she struggled again and again to get her hind legs to work.
Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton

It thundered at the town, and thundered at the cliffs, and brought the coast down, madly.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

How madly I am trusting you; and yet my heart tells me how wisely!
Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu

You love the Signorina madly, and you hate me because you are jealous of me—because I am young and you are old.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

The Marchesino had told him nothing, except that he—Artois—was madly in love with Vere.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Davy was reeling about madly, and singing and laughing in gust on gust.
Extract from : « Capt'n Davy's Honeymoon » by Hall Caine

Moreover, she was an actress, and the patroon was madly in love with her.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

The survivors were in two sorts of panic—the comatose, and the madly violent.
Extract from : « The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 » by Various

But Freddie loved Mozart, loved his music so madly that it was my turn to become jealous.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

The brute in him urged him as madly in his desire as it did in his harsher tempers.
Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for madly

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