insanely
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Definition
- Adverb:
- To an extreme degree; extremely: Used as an intensive to emphasize a quality, often one that is excessive or beyond normal limits.
- In a manner characteristic of insanity; madly, crazily: Behaving or acting in a wild, irrational, or mentally unsound way.
Usage Examples
- As an intensive (extremely):
- The new smartphone is insanely popular.
- He was working at an insanely fast pace.
- The concert tickets were insanely expensive.
- In the manner of insanity:
- He began laughing insanely at the tragic news.
- The villain in the movie cackled insanely as his plan unfolded.
Advanced Usage
- "insanely + adjective": A very common collocation where "insanely" intensifies a following adjective, often implying the degree is surprising or unreasonable.
- The task was insanely difficult.
- She is insanely talented.
- "insanely + adverb": Can also modify other adverbs, though less common.
- The car accelerated insanely quickly.
Variants and Related Words
- Insane (adjective): Mentally deranged; utterly senseless.
- It was an insane idea.
- Insanity (noun): The state of being seriously mentally ill; extreme foolishness or irrationality.
- The defense pleaded insanity.
Synonyms
- Extremely, exceedingly, incredibly, wildly, madly, crazily, dementedly, deucedly, deadly (when used as an intensive).
Related Phrases
- "insanely jealous": Experiencing jealousy to an irrational or extreme degree.
- He became insanely jealous when she spoke to another man.
- "laugh insanely": To laugh in a wild, uncontrolled manner suggestive of madness.
- The character laughed insanely as the building collapsed.
Adverb
- (used as intensives) extremely
- she was madly in love
- deadly dull
- deadly earnest
- deucedly clever
- insanely jealous
- in an insane manner
- she behaved insanely
- he behaves crazily when he is off his medication
- the witch cackled madly
- screaming dementedly