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crazily

crazily

12 4.7
In a wild and foolish way
  • adverb
  • /ˈkreɪzɪli/
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  • Now, the market pictured here is Ferry Plaza in San Francisco, renowned for its beautiful but crazily expensive produce.
  • dancing crazily
  • laughing crazily
  • running crazily

I'm so I'm wildly, crazily bullish because I'm so bearish.

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Examples

  • The March wind blew crazily, stirring up clouds of sand and dust.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The children ran crazily through the park, laughing and chasing each other.

  • And they were so crazily wrong about where interest rates would be right now.

  • Expecting the worst, I run down crazily, going, "Hold it!"

    Fiction book (1993)
  • I'm crazily scared right now.

  • His heart was pounding so crazily that he thought he might have a heart attack.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The world spun crazily as the horizon lifted and fell, lifted and fell, as he rolled.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The gravestones in the cemetery stick up helter-skelter, tilting crazily this way and that.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Adrienne gasps and staggers back several steps, swinging the gun about crazily, half out of control.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Air conditioning ducts hang crazily; interior doors and walls are crushed, exposing expensive wallpaper.

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

ridiculously
vscrazily
72 3.7

In a way that is much too extreme or silly

leans more toward wild foolishness than humorous absurdity
madly
vscrazily
61 3.2

In a very wild and uncontrolled way

is wild or foolish without implying total loss of control
wildly
vscrazily
57 2.7

To a very great degree

adds a sense of insanity or foolishness beyond mere degree
insanely
vscrazily
50 3.9

To a very great degree

focuses more on madness or foolishness rather than pure intensity
absurdly
vscrazily
23 5.0

In a way that does not make sense or is much too extreme

adds a stronger sense of wild insanity or foolishness
maniacally
vscrazily
8 7.9

In a very wild and excited way without control

is wild or foolish without the intense frenzy
ludicrously
vscrazily
5 7.0

So silly or extreme that it makes people laugh

is wilder and crazier rather than mainly provoking ridicule
preposterously
vscrazily
3 8.1

Very silly or unreasonable in a way that seems laughable

is wilder and more insane rather than just silly
dementedly
vscrazily
  • Offensive
1 8.9

In a wild way as if not thinking clearly

is wild or foolish rather than clinically disturbed
ravingly
vscrazily
  • Informal
9.7

In a very excited and wild way

is wild or foolish but not only enthusiastic frenzy
psychotically
vscrazily
  • Informal
8.9

In a way that is extremely intense and unreasonable

expresses actual wild foolishness rather than just strong intensity
wackily
vscrazily
  • Informal
8.0

In a funny, strange way that makes people laugh

is stronger and more wild or truly foolish rather than mild
nuttily
vscrazily
  • Informal
8.7

In a slightly strange or silly way

is more extreme and more clearly foolish or insane
daftly
vscrazily
  • Informal
7.6

Behave in a silly, foolish way that seems a bit crazy

is wilder and more seriously insane or extremely foolish

Antonyms

110 1.0

In a calm, steady way without showing anger or nervousness

How Wild

insanely
50 3.9
crazily
12 4.7
wildly
104 2.9
foolishly
28 2.8
oddly
150 3.4

Surface Forms

crazily positive

Morphology

crazily = crazy (transparent) = crazy + ly

The adverb is a straightforward derivation from the adjective 'crazy' using the productive suffix '-ly' to form manner adverbs.

Etymology

Crazily comes from crazy, which originally meant 'cracked' or 'broken', like a damaged cup, and then was used for someone whose mind seemed not whole. So to do something crazily is to act in a wild, strange, or very foolish way.