insanely

English

Etymology

From insane +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈseɪnli/

Adverb

insanely (comparative more insanely, superlative most insanely)

1. In an insane manner; not sanely.
   • 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 296:

     Gloating silently, she laved handfuls of hot sand over her, her mind alternating sanely and insanely.

2. To a great degree; very much.

   That ramp is insanely difficult to jump.

   Disney has some insanely fun roller coasters.

   • 2022 June 29, DXL44_, “Comment on 'Get in we're going to the trans lake (SCP-6113)'”, in r/SCP‎^[1], Reddit, archived from the original on 3 January 2023:

     The way you made this look like the trans flag is actually insanely clever got^[sic] damn

Translations

in an insane manner

• Finnish: mielenvikaisesti, hullusti (fi)
• French: insensément (fr)
• German: wahnsinnig (de)
• Italian: terribilmente (it), follemente (it), assurdamente (it), insensatamente (it)
• Latin: dēmenter
• Portuguese: insanamente
• Spanish: insensatamente (es)
• Swedish: vansinnigt (sv)
• Turkish: delicesine (tr)