pathologically

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US/ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/UK/ˌpæθ.əˈlɒ.d͡ʒɪk.li/

adverb

In a pathological manner.

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Meanings

adverbpathologically (comparative more pathologically, superlative most pathologically)

comparative more pathologically · superlative most pathologically

  1. In a pathological manner.

    sometimes I was pettily in love, and sometimes — due to my OCD — I was even pathologically in love.

    2012, Jordan Rex Jensen, Psalms of Life
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    The early days of the epidemic had been a time of ebullition or ebullience, pathologically speaking, full of movements and tics, impulsions and impetuosities, manias and crises, ardencies and appetencies.

    1973, Oliver Sacks, “The Aftermath of the Sleeping Sickness (1927–67)”, in Awakenings, London: Duckworth, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, September 1999, →ISBN

    Based on palpatory findings, tissue samples were taken from myogelotic areas of 11 unfixed human cadavers (6 female, 5 male). In addition to the biopsies from the pathologically altered muscle areas, tissue samples from nonindurative areas of the muscle in question were taken for comparative purposes.

    1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of Myogelosis”, in Clinical Anatomy, volume 12, number 4, Wiley-Liss, Inc., →DOI, →PMID, page 266

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekπάσχω (páskhō)
  2. Ancient Greekπᾰ́θος (pắthos)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  6. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  7. Frenchpathologie
  8. Englishpathology
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Englishpathological
  12. Englishpathologically

From pathological + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan patològicament
  • patològicamentin a pathological manner
Czech patologicky
  • patologickyin a pathological manner
Finnish patologisesti
  • patologisestiin a pathological manner
Italian patologicamente
  • patologicamentein a pathological manner
Polish patologicznie
  • patologiczniein a pathological manner
Portuguese patologicamente
  • patologicamentein a pathological manner
Romanian în mod patologic
  • în mod patologicin a pathological manner
Russian патологи́чески
  • патологи́чески (patologíčeski)in a pathological manner
Spanish patológicamente
  • patológicamentein a pathological manner
Cite this entry
APA

pathologically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathologically

MLA

“pathologically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pathologically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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