uncontrollably

adverb

Definition of uncontrollablynext
as in crazily

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncontrollably
  1. desperately
  2. frantically
  3. wildly
  4. amok
  5. madly
Adverb
  • Liverpool desperately need to maintain their six-point lead at the top of the table with both Arsenal and Forest in touching distance.
    Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Undersea cables have been vital to the sovereignty of Estonia, a former Soviet republic that borders Russia and desperately needs to maintain power and communications channels that are free from Moscow’s control.
    Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • The Student Academy Awards gold medal winner is about a meteor crash and a sushi restaurant mascot dressed as a fish who frantically rushes to a clock tower before the end of the world.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Another pup in the background is shown frantically jumping around on a sofa while rubbing its paws against a blanket.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of frantically
Adverb
  • Brie Larson made a comment about male movie critics that was blown wildly out of proportion, and Captain Marvel was bombed so hard Rotten Tomatoes instituted policies to verify audience movie scores to prevent this.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Many of its competitors, including Marriott, Hilton, and IHG have ditched award charts for surge pricing models, which makes the points cost of a nightly stay fluctuate wildly based on demand.
    Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of wildly
Adverb
  • The tag designed for defining textual hierarchy runs amok, creating chaos.
    Tim Carmody, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Newport ’65 was really a Thanksgiving dinner gone amok, in which the prodigal son and the father and several uncles and others are fighting.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of amok
Adverb
  • Salmon schooled along the shore and leaped madly at nothing.
    Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Herr Knock is retreating madly away from the camera, just prattling on, dancing maybe, soulless, gone.
    Wesley Morris, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of madly
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