adv
Meaning 1
In an obsessive manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
obsessively
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CMU ARPABET: AA0 B S EH1 S IH0 V L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
To an obsessive degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a compulsive manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compulsively, obsessionally
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English obsess Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English obsessive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English obsessively From obsessive + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: obsessivament — in an obsessive manner
- Galician: obsesivamente — in an obsessive manner
- Greek: ιδεοληπτικά (ideoliptiká) — in an obsessive manner
- Italian: ossessivamente — in an obsessive manner
- Portuguese: obsessivamente — in an obsessive manner
- Spanish: obsesivamente — in an obsessive manner
- Italian: ossessivamente — to an obsessive degree