"madly" in the adverb sense
1. madly, frantically
in an uncontrolled manner
"she fought back madly"
2. insanely, crazily, dementedly, madly
in an insane manner
"she behaved insanely"
"he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"
"the witch cackled madly"
"screaming dementedly"
3. madly, insanely, deadly, deucedly, devilishly
used as intensives) extremely
"she was madly in love"
"deadly dull"
"deadly earnest"
"deucedly clever"
"insanely jealous"
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