like crazy
With wild abandon
Like crazy is an adverbial phrase meaning to an extreme degree, with great intensity or enthusiasm.
If you run like crazy, you run as fast as you possibly can; if you work like crazy, you work with tremendous effort and energy.
The phrase suggests behavior that might seem reckless or unhinged to an observer but conveys commitment rather than actual madness.
It often appears after verbs of action: The phone was ringing like crazy.
- feverishlyWith agitated intensity
- disproportionatelyBeyond fair ratio
- franticallyIn desperate haste
- crazilyIn deranged fashion
- madlyIn uncontrolled fashion
uncontrollably · flat out · at full tilt · overboard · furiously · hysterically · obsessively · pedal to the metal · balls to the wall · wildly · full throttle · all out · hammer and tongs · to beat the band · recklessly · excessively · manic · nonstop
like crazybarely
Only just, almost not
hardly · slightly · moderately · minimally · a little
like crazyslowly
At reduced speed
at a snail's pace · carefully · methodically · deliberately · unhurriedly
like crazymethodically
In an organized manner
carefully · deliberately · systematically · cautiously · calmly
like, crazy, likely, unlike, liking, dislike, liked, likeness, likelihood