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Definition: Crazily |
CrazilyAdverb1. In an insane manner; "she behaved insanely"; "he behaves crazily when he is off his medication"; "the witch cackled madly"; "screaming dementedly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crazily" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1880. (references) |
Synonyms: CrazilySynonyms: dementedly (adv), insanely (adv), madly (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: sanely (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crazily |
| English words defined with "crazily": dementedly ♦ insanely ♦ madly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crazily": go balls out. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Al and Tom walked quietly through the willows, and they came on the children staggering crazily about. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Crazily" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crazily" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 68 | 40,606 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "crazily": crazily-built. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "crazily"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | verrückte (crackpot, daftly, furioso, kook, loony, lunatic, madman, madwoman, maniac, oddball). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τρελά. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azilycray как сумасшедший. (various references) delice (buggy, bughouse, insane, insensate, madly, maniacally, splitting). (various references) say mê (absorbed, dotingly, keen, nut), say đắm điên cu"ng, r" dại xộc xệch, ọp ẹp (crank, rickety, tumbledown), điên (bedlamite, brain-sick, demented, insane, mad, maniacal, screw-ball). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Crazily" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: casily, Cazaly, crazey, Kriizli. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crazily" (pronounced krā"zulē) |
| 5 | -ā" z u l ē | nasally. |
| 4 | -z u l ē | busily, easily, lazily, noisily, uneasily. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, anencephaly, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artfully, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, blissfully, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, carefully, casually, centrally, cerebrally, cheerfully, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, delightfully, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, dreadfully, dutifully, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, faithfully, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, fitfully, florally, forcefully, formally, fractionally, frantically, frightfully, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, gainfully, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, gleefully, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gracefully, gradually, gratefully, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, helpfully, hermetically, historically, homily, hopefully, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, joyfully, judicially, lawfully, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manfully, manually, marginally, masterfully, materially, mathematically, meaningfully, medicinally, mentally, mercifully, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, painfully, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, peacefully, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, pitifully, playfully, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, purposefully, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, regretfully, respectfully, rightfully, ritualistically, romantically, royally, ruefully, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, skillfully, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, successfully, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactfully, tactically, tangentially, tastefully, tearfully, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, thankfully, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, thoughtfully, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, truthfully, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unlawfully, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unsuccessfully, unusually, usefully, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, wistfully, wittily, wobbly, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-l-r-y-z" | |
-1 letter: racily. | |
-2 letters: clary, crazy, lyric, riyal. | |
-3 letters: acyl, airy, aril, aryl, carl, clay, czar, izar, lacy, laic, lair, lari, lazy, liar, lira, racy, rail, rial. | |
-4 letters: ail, air, arc, car, cay, cry, icy, lac, lar, lay, ray, ria, rya, yar. | |
-5 letters: ai, al, ar, ay, la, li, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-l-r-y-z" | |
+3 letters: crystalize. | |
+4 letters: crystalized, crystalizes, crystallize, mycorrhizal. | |
+5 letters: crystalizing, crystallized, crystallizer, crystallizes, recognizably. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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