wildly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈwaɪldli/
Definition of wildly
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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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 [...].”
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adv
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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 [...].”
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To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.
“wildly exagerrated”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly.
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