wildly

adverb

wild·​ly ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-lē How to pronounce wildly (audio)
1
: in a wild manner
was talking wildly
2
: extremely sense 2
wildly popular
wildly enthusiastic

Examples of wildly in a Sentence

He was waving his arms wildly. I'm not wildly enthusiastic about seeing them.
Recent Examples on the Web Meme stocks refer to company shares that become wildly popular online and are traded feverishly by retail investors, sending prices soaring regardless of the company’s actual operating results or prospects. Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 31 May 2024 By Varsha Bansal May 30, 2024 7:38 AM EDT For years, Epic Games, the creator of the wildly popular video game Fortnite, has been fighting Apple and Google for a bigger piece of the app economy. Varsha Bansal, TIME, 30 May 2024 The midmarket department-store chain slashed its guidance for the full year after reporting first-quarter results that wildly missed on just about every metric. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024 While the band's short and wildly experimental discography has been rightly fetishized, Reed's turn towards solo territory was certainly something that the rock crowd was expecting. Evan Sawdey, EW.com, 30 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for wildly 

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wildly was in the 14th century

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“Wildly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wildly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

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