wildly

1. 1.

   to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree

   “the storyline is wildly unrealistic”
2. 2.

   in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner

   “He gesticulated wildly”
3. 3.

   with violent and uncontrollable passion

   “attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over”

Questions about wildly

What does wildly mean?

wildly means "to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wildly?

wildly has 2 syllables: wild-ly. The stress falls on "wild". In IPA it is /ˈwaɪldli/.

Is wildly a common word?

wildly is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.