Definitions
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- adverb In a
demented manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an insane manner
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Examples
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When the wind blows in summer the entire landscape sways, grasses lean and twist, the willows thrash dementedly.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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When the wind blows in summer the entire landscape sways, grasses lean and twist, the willows thrash dementedly.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The Sonics were the ultimate mid-60s garage-rock band, playing loud, fast and raw, and yelling dementedly about psychos, witches and strychnine while most of their peers were still trilling politely about holding hands and surfing.
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When the wind blows in summer the entire landscape sways, grasses lean and twist, the willows thrash dementedly.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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When the wind blows in summer the entire landscape sways, grasses lean and twist, the willows thrash dementedly.
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The Sonics were the ultimate mid-60s garage-rock band, playing loud, fast and raw, and yelling dementedly about psychos, witches and strychnine while most of their peers were still trilling politely about holding hands and surfing.
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In The Shadow Line BBC2, he often pulls back his upper lip far above his teeth to offer a dementedly sinister grin.
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Mark Holub's drumming and the powerful bass-playing of Liran Donin drives the group, with Toby McLaren playing electric keys at bold angles, and saxophonists Chris Williams and Pete Grogan sometimes squalling dementedly at each other, sometimes joining in unexpectedly lyrical dialogues.
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For one thing, if they knew, they wouldn't look so dementedly chipper.
Once Upon a Time in America Peggy Noonan 2011
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Or is it just a telly programme dementedly pretending to be interactive in the hope of passing muster in the digital age?
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