adv
Meaning 1
In a wild, uncontrolled manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wildly
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Pronunciation
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wīldʹlē
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/ˈwaɪldli/
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CMU ARPABET: W AY1 L D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- wildly exagerrated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the storyline is wildly unrealistic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
with violent and uncontrollable passion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He gesticulated wildly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: sovaĝe — in a wild manner
- Finnish: villisti — in a wild manner
- French: sauvagement — in a wild manner
- Korean: 격렬 (gyeongnyeol) — in a wild manner
- Middle English: wildely — in a wild manner
- Polish: wściekle — in a wild manner
- Portuguese: selvagemente — in a wild manner
- Portuguese: selvaticamente — in a wild manner
- Portuguese: desvairadamente — in a wild manner
- Spanish: alocadamente — in a wild manner
- Spanish: salvajemente — in a wild manner
- Walloon: såvaedjmint — in a wild manner
- Walloon: waeraxhmint — in a wild manner
Real reading context