Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Wild.
- In a wild state or manner, in any sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a wild manner; without cultivation; with disorder; rudely; distractedly; extravagantly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
wild , uncontrolled manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner
- adverb with violent and uncontrollable passion
- adverb to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ellis, then a young attorney fresh from the rigors of law school and what he describes as a wildly unsuccessful stint as a professor in California, closed his criminal defense practice in State College, Pennsylvania, and set out to transform himself into an expert in a new legal sub-specialty he dubbed
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Guernica Theodore Ross 2010
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Ellis, then a young attorney fresh from the rigors of law school and what he describes as a wildly unsuccessful stint as a professor in California, closed his criminal defense practice in State College, Pennsylvania, and set out to transform himself into an expert in a new legal sub-specialty he dubbed
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Guernica Theodore Ross 2010
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Opto Network has been running rural trials, which he describes as wildly successful.
Computerworld 2009
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Using the 4 Disciplines of Execution we then take on what we call a wildly important goal, those stores that are under performing on the customer loyalty metric or some other metric, take that on as a goal.
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Given those three prerequisites, I am convinced that most weight loss programs remain wildly unsuccessful because they don't pay attention to people's thinking.
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.: Dieting: The Missing Ingredient for Success Ph.D. Judith S. Beck 2010
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And suddenly Quinn had four dead bodies to dispose of and one astounding clue — to a mystery that is about to spin wildly out of control.
Who’s Thrilling You Now? –The New Guns of the Thriller Genre; an Author Panel 2009
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Nearby is a set of Nazi toy soldiers with a miniature Hitler orating wildly from a podium.
Why Did Germans Embrace Him? A.J. Goldmann 2010
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Had he been no more than a savage, he would have leapt wildly from the place or else sprung upon her and destroyed her.
Chapter 2 2010
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Whenever the federal government has taken on tasks that should, I think, be limited to families, communities, churches, and other local or state institutions, it has usually done a mediocre to very poor job and has come in wildly over budget.
Education 2009
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Whenever the federal government has taken on tasks that should, I think, be limited to families, communities, churches, and other local or state institutions, it has usually done a mediocre to very poor job and has come in wildly over budget.
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