obsessively

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adverb

In an obsessive manner.

Similar
compulsivelyobsessionally
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English obsessive →
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Meanings

adverbobsessively (comparative more obsessively, superlative most obsessively)

comparative more obsessively · superlative most obsessively

  1. In an obsessive manner.
  2. To an obsessive degree.

    There were moments when I doubted whether it was worth all the effort – whether it was crazy of Anderson to toil so obsessively over three breezy, cheeky vignettes which are neither sidesplittingly hilarious nor heart-wrenchingly insightful.

    2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a compulsive manner

Similar
compulsivelyobsessionally
Also see
compulsivelyobsessionally

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishobsess
  2. Englishobsessive
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  4. Proto-Germanic*līką
  5. Englishobsessively

From obsessive + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan obsessivament
  • obsessivamentin an obsessive manner
Greek ιδεοληπτικά
  • ιδεοληπτικά (ideoliptiká)in an obsessive manner
Italian ossessivamente, ossessivamente
  • ossessivamentein an obsessive manner
  • ossessivamenteto an obsessive degree
Portuguese obsessivamente
  • obsessivamentein an obsessive manner
Spanish obsesivamente
  • obsesivamentein an obsessive manner
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obsessively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obsessively.

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