1
: in a mad manner
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
madly in love
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Examples of madly in a Sentence
He told her that he loved her madly.
She fell madly in love with him.
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As all the men fall madly under the spell of the audaciously heroic Lina, Hypatia decides that Joey, the man who just fell out of the sky, is meant to sweep her off her feet.
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
The story spans 20 years and starts with two teenagers who fall madly in love, a girl from an upper-middle-class family and a boy from a working-class family.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
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Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
The story spans 20 years and starts with two teenagers who fall madly in love, a girl from an upper-middle-class family and a boy from a working-class family.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for madly
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
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