crazily
/'kreizili/
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Definition
- Adverb:
- In an insane or wildly irrational manner: "crazily" describes an action done with a complete lack of reason, control, or sanity, often associated with mental disturbance or extreme emotion.
- With intense enthusiasm or passion: In a more informal sense, it can describe doing something with extreme eagerness, intensity, or in a seemingly uncontrolled way.
- In a wildly irregular or haphazard manner: It can describe something that is arranged or happens in a very chaotic, disordered, or unpredictable way.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- He laughed crazily after hearing the absurd news. (He laughed in an uncontrolled, seemingly insane manner.)
- She worked crazily to finish the project before the deadline. (She worked with frantic, intense effort.)
- The papers were scattered crazily across the floor. (The papers were scattered in a completely disordered, haphazard way.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be crazily in love": to be intensely and perhaps irrationally in love.
- He was crazily in love with her, writing her poems every day.
- "crazily enough": used as a sentence adverb to introduce a surprising or irrational fact.
- Crazily enough, the plan actually worked.
Variants and Related Words
- Crazy (adj): suffering from mental illness; extremely enthusiastic; foolish.
- That's a crazy idea.
- Craziness (n): the state of being crazy; foolishness.
- The craziness of the situation was overwhelming.
Synonyms
- Insanely: in an insane manner.
- Madly: in a mad or frantic manner; extremely.
- Dementedly: in a demented or mentally disturbed way.
- Frantically: in a hurried, excited, or disorganized manner.
Related Phrases
- Drive someone crazily: to irritate or annoy someone intensely.
- The constant noise is driving me crazily.
- Run around crazily: to move about in a frantic, disorganized manner.
- I've been running around crazily all morning trying to get everything ready.
Adverb
- in an insane manner
- she behaved insanely
- he behaves crazily when he is off his medication
- the witch cackled madly
- screaming dementedly