madly

English

Etymology

From Middle English madli; equivalent to mad +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmædli/

Adverb

madly (comparative madlier or more madly, superlative madliest or most madly)

1. In a mad manner; without reason or understanding; wildly.

   I'm madly in love with you.

Translations

in a mad manner

• Catalan: bojament (ca)
• Finnish: mielettömästi, mielipuolisesti, hullun lailla
• French: follement (fr)
• Hungarian: őrülten
• Italian: follemente (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Middle English: madli
• Portuguese: loucamente
• Spanish: alocadamente (es)
• Turkish: çılgınca (tr), delice (tr)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “madly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• m'lady

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Middle English

Adverb

madly

1. Alternative form of madli