wildly

adverb

wild·​ly ˈwī(-ə)l(d)-lē 

1

: in a wild manner

was talking wildly

2

: extremely sense 2

wildly popular

wildly enthusiastic

Synonyms

• amok
• amuck
• berserk
• berserkly
• frantically
• frenetically
• frenziedly
• harum-scarum
• hectically
• helter-skelter
• madly
• pell-mell
• wild

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

Musk’s personal fortune swung wildly during Joe Biden’s four years in office, reaching as high as $340 billion and as low as $124 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024

Experts largely consider Trump Media a meme stock, meaning its share price can fluctuate wildly, with movements often not a reflection of the company’s underlying financial performance like other stocks. —Derek Saul, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

Many Americans don't want to hear it, but the Electoral College is a uniquely damaging system that wildly distorts the will of the voter, yields crazy outcomes and suppresses participation—since most of us live in places where the outcome is preordained. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

Since late September, the race’s trajectory tracking those postings careened wildly. —Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1