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# wildly

adverb (wildly, more wildly, most wildly)

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

## Everyday

1. Wildly means in a wild, uncontrolled way, with lots of excited or fierce movement. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#m1)
2. Wildly means very much or extremely: «wildly popular», «wildly wrong». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#m2)
3. A wildly growing plant grows freely, without anyone looking after it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it shows strong feeling or chaos: a crowd cheering wildly, a heart beating wildly, a dog barking wildly. In maths and science it describes a guess or number far from the truth: «a wildly wrong estimate», «temperatures changed wildly». Phrases: «cheer wildly», «wave wildly», «wildly different», «wildly popular».

### Examples

- The crowd cheered wildly when we scored. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x1)
- My heart was beating wildly before the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x2)
- He waved his arms wildly to get our attention. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x3)
- The dog barked wildly at the postman. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x4)
- Her guess of 5,000 was wildly wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x5)
- The weather changed wildly from sunny to stormy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x6)
- Flowers grew wildly along the old railway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x7)
- The new game is wildly popular at our school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x8)
- And the horse galloped on more wildly than before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wildly/#x9)

### Note

An adverb from «wild». Trap: «wildly» before an adjective usually means «extremely», not «in a wild way»: «wildly expensive» = very expensive. In maths, a wildly wrong answer is a sign to check the estimate and the working.

## On Mova

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