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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wildlyadverb

    to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree

    "the storyline is wildly unrealistic"

  2. wildlyadverb

    in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner

    "He gesticulated wildly"

  3. wildlyadverb

    with violent and uncontrollable passion

    "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over"

Wiktionary

  1. wildlyadverb

    In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

    He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. Wildlyadverb

    in a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of wildly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of wildly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of wildly in a Sentence

  1. Sean Gunn:

    I have regretted them for many years since — not just because they were stupid, not at all funny, wildly insensitive, and certainly not provocative like I had hoped, but also because they don't reflect the person I am today or have been for some time.

  2. Rick Santorum:

    There's a large segment of Republican Party who understand that elections aren't wildly fraudulent, and if Vice President loses in a Romney or McCain-type fashion, then there's no room to contest it.

  3. Wayne Berman:

    Sen. Rubio has attracted a well-known group of highly effective Republican fundraisers to chair the event, and I'm honored to be hosting it at my house, there's a lot of excitement building around his campaign, particularly coming off a wildly successful launch in Miami.

  4. Ben Muzzey:

    Our transit times have been wildly erratic.

  5. Dan Gainor:

    The hot mic is just one more tool the media use to protect their friends and target their enemies, nBC worked with Donald Trump for 11 years. There were no news stories about Trump's off-color and crude comments. It did everything it could to protect him -- both in news and entertainment. He, and indirectly Billy Bush, became targets because he ran a political campaign wildly opposed by network reporters, producers and anchors … If you are liberal, it won't likely impact you for long. If you are to the right of the media covering the story, it will haunt you forever.

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