In a manner that is frantic, wild, or showing signs of madness or extreme disorder.
From 'crazed' (adjective, meaning cracked or insane) plus the adverbial suffix '-ly.' 'Crazed' comes from 'craze,' possibly from Dutch or Scandinavian origins, meaning to break or crack.
The word 'crazed' originally referred to pottery with visible cracks, but over centuries evolved to describe a person's mental state—showing how physical descriptions of broken objects became metaphors for broken minds.
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