wildly
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wild
(wīld)adj. wild·er, wild·est
1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed: wild geese; edible wild plants.
2. Not inhabited or farmed: remote, wild country.
3. Uncivilized or barbarous.
4.
a. Lacking supervision or restraint: wild children living in the street.
b. Disorderly; unruly: a wild scene in the school cafeteria.
c. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious: recalled his wild youth with remorse.
5. Lacking regular order or arrangement; disarranged: wild locks of long hair.
6. Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion: wild with jealousy; a wild look in his eye; a wild rage.
7. Extravagant; fantastic: a wild idea.
8. Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy: wild weather.
9. Risky; imprudent: wild financial schemes.
10.
a. Impatiently eager: wild to get away for the weekend.
b. Informal Highly enthusiastic: just wild about the new music.
11. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded: wild accusations; a wild guess.
12. Deviating greatly from an intended course; erratic: a wild bullet.
13. Games Having an equivalence or value determined by the cardholder's choice: playing poker with deuces wild.
adv.
In a wild manner: growing wild; roaming wild.
n.
1. A natural or undomesticated state: returned the zoo animals to the wild; plants that grow abundantly in the wild.
2. often wilds A region that is mostly uninhabited or uncultivated: the wilds of the northern steppes.
intr.v. wild·ed, wild·ing, wilds
To go about in a group threatening, robbing, or attacking others.
[Middle English wilde, from Old English.]
wild′ly adv.
wild′ness n.
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| Adv. | 1. | wildly - to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree; "the storyline is wildly unrealistic" |
| 2. | wildly - in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner; "He gesticulated wildly" | |
| 3. | wildly - with violent and uncontrollable passion; "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over" |
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Translations
بِوَحْشِيَّه
vildt
brjálæîislega
çılgıncavahşîce
wildly
[ˈwaɪldlɪ] ADV1. (= ecstatically) [shout] → como loco; [applaud] → a rabiar, como loco
the Democrats were cheering wildly for their nominee → los demócratas vitoreaban como locos a su candidato nominado
the Democrats were cheering wildly for their nominee → los demócratas vitoreaban como locos a su candidato nominado
2. (= frantically) [stare, look] → con cara de espanto; [gesture] → como loco, violentamente
the driver was gesticulating wildly → el conductor gesticulaba como loco or violentamente
the driver was gesticulating wildly → el conductor gesticulaba como loco or violentamente
3. (= violently) [hit out, throw] → violentamente, como loco
4. (= crazily, rashly) [guess] → sin pensarlo mucho; [promise] → en un arrebato; [exaggerated] → muy
5. (= haphazardly) [shoot] → a lo loco, a tontas y a locas; [fluctuate, vary] → muchísimo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wildly
[ˈwaɪldli] adv (= energetically) [applaud, cheer] → frénétiquement; [wave, gesticulate] → frénétiquement
The audience applauded wildly → Le public applaudit frénétiquement.
The audience applauded wildly → Le public applaudit frénétiquement.
(= at random) [hit, grab] → frénétiquement
He hit out wildly at his captors → Il se débattait frénétiquement contre ses ravisseurs.
She splashed about wildly, trying to reach the edge of the pool → Elle battait des bras frénétiquement, essayant d'atteindre le bord de la piscine.
He hit out wildly at his captors → Il se débattait frénétiquement contre ses ravisseurs.
She splashed about wildly, trying to reach the edge of the pool → Elle battait des bras frénétiquement, essayant d'atteindre le bord de la piscine.
(used for emphasis) [happy, optimistic] → follement
The government's forecasts are wildly optimistic → Les prévisions du gouvernement sont follement optimistes.
wildly successful → qui rencontre un succès fou
a wildly successful choreographer → un chorégraphe qui rencontre un succès fou
wildly popular → immensément populaire
The government's forecasts are wildly optimistic → Les prévisions du gouvernement sont follement optimistes.
wildly successful → qui rencontre un succès fou
a wildly successful choreographer → un chorégraphe qui rencontre un succès fou
wildly popular → immensément populaire
(= to a great degree) [different] → radicalement
They gave wildly different versions of what happened → Leurs versions de ce qui s'est passé diffèrent du tout au tout., Ils ont donné des versions radicalement différentes de ce qui s'est passé.
They gave wildly different versions of what happened → Leurs versions de ce qui s'est passé diffèrent du tout au tout., Ils ont donné des versions radicalement différentes de ce qui s'est passé.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
wildly
adv
(= in disorder) → wirr; his hair fell wildly over his forehead → sein Haar fiel ihm wirr in die Stirn
(= without aim) → wild; to hit out wildly → wild um sich schlagen; to shoot wildly → wild drauflosschießen
(= extravagantly) guess → drauflos, ins Blaue hinein; talk → unausgegoren; happy → rasend; exaggerated → stark, maßlos; wrong, different → total, völlig; I think she is being wildly optimistic → ich denke, dass sie maßlos or übertrieben optimistisch ist
(= riotously) → wild
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
wildly
[ˈwaɪldlɪ] adv (gen) → violentemente; (behave) → in modo sfrenato; (talk) → fervorosamente; (rush around) → come un(a) pazzo/a; (exaggerate) → largamente; (applaud, cheer) → freneticamenteto guess wildly → tirare a indovinare
wildly happy/enthusiastic → terribilmente felice/entusiasta
her heart was beating wildly → il cuore le batteva forte
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wild
(waild) adjective1. (of animals) not tamed. wolves and other wild animals.
2. (of land) not cultivated.
3. uncivilized or lawless; savage. wild tribes.
4. very stormy; violent. a wild night at sea; a wild rage.
5. mad, crazy, insane etc. wild with hunger; wild with anxiety.
6. rash. a wild hope.
7. not accurate or reliable. a wild guess.
8. very angry.
ˈwildly adverbˈwildness noun
ˈwildfire: spread like wildfire
(of eg news) to spread extremely fast.
ˈwildfowl noun plural wild birds, especially water birds such as ducks, geese etc.
ˌwild-ˈgoose chase an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain.
ˈwildlife noun wild animals, birds, insects etc collectively. to protect wildlife.
in the wild (of an animal) in its natural surroundings. Young animals have to learn to look after themselves in the wild.
the wilds the uncultivated areas (of a country etc). They're living out in the wilds of Australia somewhere.
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