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# madly

adverb

«madly» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a wild, uncontrolled or frantic way: running madly about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#m1)
2. Very much; extremely: madly in love, madly busy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#m2)
3. (old-fashioned) In a crazy or foolish way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories «madly» shows rushed or wild action, or strong feelings. In everyday talk it makes words stronger: «madly in love», «madly jealous». Phrases: madly in love, rush about madly, wave madly.

### Examples

- The puppy ran madly around the garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x1)
- We waved madly at the plane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x2)
- They are madly in love. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x3)
- Everyone was rushing about madly before the show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x4)
- The kids cheered madly when their team scored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x5)
- I scribbled madly to finish the test in time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x6)
- The bell rang madly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x7)
- She was madly busy all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x8)
- ‘I see a swarm of brown horses racing madly after us,’ he answered. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/#x9)

### Note

Adverb from «mad». In UK English «mad» can mean crazy or very keen; in US English «mad» often means angry, but «madly» rarely means angrily. Informal-to-neutral word.

## In Jewish tradition

It means wildly. The prophets use it for chariots rushing in battle.

**Interpretation.** Jeremiah and Nahum paint war scenes. Tradition reads them as God's coming judgment on Egypt and Nineveh.

### Examples

- Prance, ye horses, and rush madly, ye chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, that handle the shield, and the Ludim, that handle and bend the bow. (Prophets JER.46.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madly/#x1)
- The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings. (Prophets NAM.2.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madly/#x2)

### Note

Adverb from «mad». In UK English «mad» can mean crazy or very keen; in US English «mad» often means angry, but «madly» rarely means angrily. Informal-to-neutral word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «madly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/madly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«madly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/madly.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «madly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/madly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«madly» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/madly.html) on Mova free.