adv
Meaning 1
In an insane manner; not sanely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
insanely
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adv
Meaning 2
To a great degree; very much.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- That ramp is insanely difficult to jump.
- Disney has some insanely fun roller coasters.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
(used as intensives) extremely
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she was madly in love
- deadly dull
- deadly earnest
- deucedly clever
- insanely jealous
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: madly, deadly, deucedly, devilishly
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in an insane manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she behaved insanely
- he behaves crazily when he is off his medication
- the witch cackled madly
- screaming dementedly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crazily, dementedly, madly
Antonyms: sanely
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English insane Middle English -ly English -ly English insanely From insane + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: mielenvikaisesti — in an insane manner
- Finnish: hullusti — in an insane manner
- French: insensément — in an insane manner
- German: wahnsinnig — in an insane manner
- Ingrian: hullust — in an insane manner
- Italian: terribilmente — in an insane manner
- Italian: follemente — in an insane manner
- Italian: assurdamente — in an insane manner
- Italian: insensatamente — in an insane manner
- Latin: dēmenter — in an insane manner
- Portuguese: insanamente — in an insane manner
- Spanish: insensatamente — in an insane manner
- Swedish: vansinnigt — in an insane manner
- Turkish: delicesine — in an insane manner