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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. Paul Witkowski:

    The homecoming back to Liquid Church and reuniting with his buddy Katy Herridge was surreal after a 15-month pause. It is his favorite place in the whole world because it’s a church that makes a way for him in such a wildly loving and accepting way, to see Grady and Katy reunited in such a beautiful [way] was epic! I feel like we get a little taste of heaven on Sunday morning in the form of acceptance and inclusion.

  2. Ryan Reynolds:

    It was really shocking and sad. Obviously, he was sick and it wasn't totally, wildly unexpected, it's still heartbreaking nonetheless. It's absolutely gut-wrenching.

  3. Pat Toomey:

    It strikes me as wildly premature for us to come to the conclusion that we have to act now to prevent what could be a very constructive innovation in House Financial Services, i think there are tremendous potential benefits in blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies... So I just think we should be exploring this, and considering the benefits as well as the risks.

  4. Dee Snider:

    He was respectful enough to call me and say, 'How do you feel about me using this?' And I've got to be, as a friend respectful enough to call him and say, 'Listen man, this has gotten wildly out of control and I really have a problem with it, as so many people do.'.

  5. Sean Windham-Burke:

    Only Kelly Dodd would post screenshots of her own texts that make her look wildly immature, i guess that’s what being bitter is like, and I tried to empathize with her, as you can see.

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