1
: in a mad manner
2
: to an extreme or excessive degree
madly in love
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Examples of madly in a Sentence
He told her that he loved her madly.
She fell madly in love with him.
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The story spans 20 years and starts with two teenagers who fall madly in love, a girl from an upper-middle-class family and a boy from a working-class family.
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
In the movie Her, Theodore (played by Joaquin Phoenix) falls madly in love with his AI assistant Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson), and his obsession with the chatbot leads him to neglect real human relationships.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 May 2024
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Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2024
In the movie Her, Theodore (played by Joaquin Phoenix) falls madly in love with his AI assistant Samantha (voiced by Scarlett Johansson), and his obsession with the chatbot leads him to neglect real human relationships.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 May 2024
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“Madly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/madly. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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