madly

adv

Etymology: From Middle English madly, madli, medliche, equivalent to mad + -ly.

1. In a mad manner

   “I'm madly in love with you.”

   “But his cries were heard, as he madly grappled with the knives which stabbed him.”

2. In a mad manner

   “Diane screamed madly down the phone to the prank caller.”

3. In a mad manner

   “In a way the better procedures you have I think, bizarrely and madly it actually serves to increase rather than decrease the problem”