Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a broken or crazy manner.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a crazy manner.

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  • adverb in a crazy manner

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an insane manner

Etymologies

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crazy +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Circles, spirals, and flowers, are prevalent shapes, attached along a vertical, central pole, which is stable, allowing the force of the ignited chemicals to spin crazily and bright along its axis.

    Artsit in fireworks - José Zuñiga, castillero 2007

  • I agree that property values are escalating very rapidly -- the word crazily comes to mind.

    Lease/Option 2006

  • I kind of crazily posted at the colboards while watching the questions, so let me see if I can decipher what I wrote.

    No Fact Zone 2008

  • Above him the floodlights from the rig spun crazily in the blackness.

    Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

  • The balloons and streamers, the brightly hued dresses and crazily wrapped gifts—all of it faded together just as the voices and laughter swelled.

    Ominous Kate Brian 2011

  • They bounce around, roll crazily on the floor, and basically offer more annoyance per square inch than a teething toddler.

    Jim Louderback: CES 2011: The 19 Wackiest Products Jim Louderback 2011

  • They bounce around, roll crazily on the floor, and basically offer more annoyance per square inch than a teething toddler.

    Jim Louderback: CES 2011: The 19 Wackiest Products Jim Louderback 2011

  • Bare-chested boys on foot or in pickup trucks fire enormous machine guns, dance crazily in wrecked city streets or crowd around a corpse, holding up a victim's bleeding heart.

    Justin Hosker: EXCERPT: Nobel Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee's Mighty Be Our Powers Justin Hosker 2011

  • They bounce around, roll crazily on the floor, and basically offer more annoyance per square inch than a teething toddler.

    Jim Louderback: CES 2011: The 19 Wackiest Products Jim Louderback 2011

  • It squeaks crazily when she leans out the window to run it towards her or away.

    A Cool Dry Place PART 1 Melissa Corliss DeLorenzo 2011

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