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wildly

adverbattested in dialogue

  • //ˈwaɪldli//

In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

adverb

  1. 1

    In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

    He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.

    Steve Bruce's side have swung from highs to lows in what has been at best a wildly inconsistent start to the season. They experienced a microcosm of this within the opening 45 minutes at the Stadium of Light.

    "From behind the counter of this provincial train station coffee shop, Joanna was barista and unofficial shrink to wildly varied London-bound travellers," writes author Laline Paull. Confessions of a Barista on Platform 1 was published on February 9 by The Firle Press [...].

  2. 2

    To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.

    wildly exagerrated

    The wildly entertaining trip that follows, involving a used Winnebago and an old pickup truck with ropes for seatbelts, has a profound effect on Pedro.

Etymology

From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly.

Forms

comparative
more wildly, wildlier
superlative
most wildly, wildliest
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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