madly

/ˈmædɫi/ adv B2

foolishly

Word Origin Madly comes from mad, which traces back to Proto-Germanic *maidaz meaning 'changed' — the idea that madness is a change from normal state. The PIE root *mei- 'to change' also gives us mutate, mutation, and mutable — all about transformation. So madly is literally 'in a changed way,' and you can see the same root in commute (change together) and transmute (change across).

adv foolishly B2

He madly spent all his savings on a useless gadget.

(副词) 愚蠢地;疯狂地;荒唐地

他愚蠢地把所有积蓄都花在了一个无用的 gadget 上。

(adverbio) locamente; alocadamente; insensatamente; tontamente [locamente, tontamente]

Locamente gastó todos sus ahorros en un aparato inútil.

(adverbe) sottement; bêtement; stupidement; déraisonnablement; follement [de façon insensée, sans réfléchir]

Il a dépensé follement toutes ses économies pour un gadget inutile.

(Adverb) töricht; unüberlegt [auf törichte, unvernünftige oder unüberlegte Weise]

Er hat **madly** sein ganzes Erspartes für ein nutzloses Gerät ausgegeben.

(副詞) 愚かにも、無謀にも

彼は愚かにも全貯金を無用ながジェットに使ってしまった。

(advérbio) insensatamente; louca; imprudentemente; tolamente; absurdamente

Ele gastou loucamente todas as suas economias com um gadget inútil.

adv In a mad manner

He laughed madly at the absurd situation.

(副词) 疯狂地;发疯似地;狂乱地

他对这荒谬的情形疯狂大笑。

(adverbio) locamente; enloquecidamente; desenfrenadamente; como un loco [De manera loca o insensata.]

Se rió locamente ante la situación absurda.

(adverbe) follement; furieusement; éperdument; comme un fou; à la folie [D'une manière folle, insensée ou extravagante.]

Il riait comme un fou face à la situation absurde.

(Adverb) wahnsinnig; irrsinnig; wie verrückt [Auf wahnsinnige, rasende oder unkontrollierte Weise.]

Er lachte **madly** über die absurde Situation.

(副詞) 狂ったように、激しく

彼はばかげた状況に直面して、狂ったように笑った。

(advérbio) louca; insanamente; doidamente [De maneira insana; loucamente.]

Ele riu loucamente da situação absurda.

Word parts: mad + ly

Common collocations

be verb in prep love subst with prep truly adv deeply adv fall verb all adj for prep heart subst at prep on prep

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