headily

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Berlant and Early tend to describe their friendship in headily romantic terms.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 9, 2017

Each day’s entry in Julavits’s exquisite diary pitches recklessly and headily into the essay it will become, a meditation on desire, perhaps, or ghosts, or time.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2015

It’s the couples holding hands and blocking the thoroughfare, headily caught up in the glow of their own romance.

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2015

Set in the early 20th century, the production is a headily, effectively Freudian take on the piece.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2015

"I—don't—care—" he was beginning headily, but she wrenched her hands free, and, eluding him, plunged into the excited group at the other end of the room.

From The Outdoor Girls at the Hostess House Or, doing their best for the soldiers by Hope, Laura Lee