wildly

wildly

English

Etymology

wild +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

wildly (comparative more wildly, superlative most wildly)

1. In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

   He swung wildly at the guy's head, but ended up on the floor.

   • 2011 October 1, Phil Dawkes, “Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

Translations

in a wild manner

Finnish: villisti (fi) French: sauvagement (fr) Korean: 격렬 (ko) (gyeongnyeol) Polish: wściekle (pl)

Portuguese: selvagemente, selvaticamente, desvairadamente Spanish: alocadamente (es), salvajemente (es) Walloon: såvaedjmint (wa), waeraxhmint (wa)