Like mad
Like mad adverb - With great speed or effort or intensity.
Madly is a synonym for like mad in energetically topic. In some cases you can use "Madly" instead the phrase "Like mad" as an adverb or an adjective, when it comes to topics like enthusiastically. popular alternative
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- Avatar: The Last Airbender flip-flops on the scale madly...the mostly upbeat Season 1 gives way to the Darker and Edgier Season 2, with everything up in the air for the majority of Season 3 and the scale sliding like mad between idealism and cynicism.
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