"wildly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈwaɪldli/ Audio: en-us-wildly.ogg [US] Forms: more wildly [comparative], most wildly [superlative]
enPR: wīldʹlē Etymology: From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|wildely}} Middle English wildely, {{m|enm|wijldeli}} wijldeli, {{m|enm|wildeliche}} wildeliche, {{suf|en|wild|ly|id2=adverbial}} wild + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} wildly (comparative more wildly, superlative most wildly)
  1. In a wild, uncontrolled manner. Translations (in a wild manner): villisti (Finnish), sauvagement (French), 격렬 (gyeongnyeol) (Korean), wściekle (Polish), selvagemente (Portuguese), selvaticamente (Portuguese), desvairadamente (Portuguese), alocadamente (Spanish), salvajemente (Spanish), såvaedjmint (Walloon), waeraxhmint (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-wildly-en-adv-V6gtiSwq Disambiguation of 'in a wild manner': 99 1
  2. To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.
    Sense id: en-wildly-en-adv-P1pftbs4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 15 85

Inflected forms

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