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Princeton's WordNet
wildlyadverb
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
"the storyline is wildly unrealistic"
wildlyadverb
in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner
"He gesticulated wildly"
wildlyadverb
with violent and uncontrollable passion
"attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over"
Wiktionary
wildlyadverb
In a wild, uncontrolled manner.
He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Wildlyadverb
Etymology: from wild.
That which grows wildly of itself, is worth nothing. More.
Put your discourse into some frame, and start not so wildly from my affair. William Shakespeare.
Mrs. Page, at the door, sweating, blowing, and looking wildly, would needs speak with you. William Shakespeare.
Young mothers wildly stare with fear opprest,
And strain their helpless infants to their breast. Dryden.His fever being come to a height, he grew delirious, and talked very wildly. Female Quixote.
As th’ unthought accident is guilty
Of what we wildly do, so we profess
Ourselves to be the slaves of chance, and flies
Of every wind that blows. William Shakespeare.She, wildly wanton, wears by night away
The sign of all our labours done by day. Dryden.
ChatGPT
wildly
Wildly refers to something happening or present in a manner that is uncontrolled, unrestrained, chaotic, or intense. It can refer to both physical actions and emotions. For example, behaving wildly in a party would mean to behaving without restraint, or feelings of happiness can escalate wildly, meaning they increase rapidly and intensely.
Webster Dictionary
Wildlyadverb
in a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of wildly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of wildly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of wildly in a Sentence
No. I'm not going to run, i'm, like, wildly unqualified to be running for office.
Targeting Americans' online speech and sending government money to political campaigns is not about civil rights. It's about tilting the playing field, weakening wildly popular voter ID laws and making it harder to produce accurate voter rolls is not about making voting easier. It's about making cheating easier.
When it comes to being held accountable for the crimes of men, and being manipulated by other, powerful men within a system and situation wildly out of your control … hi, my name is Amanda Knox.
There aren't little giveaways, it's the overall skill with which the attack was executed, and they didn't just go nuts and shoot wildly, as amateur jihadis do. They set out to kill specific people and never list focus. [ They ] even stayed cool during the getaway phase. These men had killed before.
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.
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