Definitions
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- adverb In an
obsessional manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a compulsive manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Receiving the same kind of obsessionally intimate coverage from the media that was once reserved for kings of pop like Michael Jackson or Elvis. "
Alexia Tsotsis: Is All of Hollywood the Bitch in Twitter "Sex Tape," or Just P. Diddy? 2009
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All are forced to slow down from their obsessionally rapid pace.
Jill Lynne: Blizzard 2010 Purifies Us for a Hopeful New Year Jill Lynne 2010
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All are forced to slow down from their obsessionally rapid pace.
Jill Lynne: Blizzard 2010 Purifies Us for a Hopeful New Year Jill Lynne 2010
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Zembla is an imaginary Scandinavian/Russian kingdom, the obsessionally-detailed fantasy of the delusional narrator of Nabokov's Pale Fire, who believes that he is the ex-King of Zembla, exiled in the United States.
Mark Thwaite interviews Peter Davidson Jenny Davidson 2006
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The world would remain incomprehensible, and yet we would obsessionally keep bumping our heads against it.
March 2005 2005
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The world would remain incomprehensible, and yet we would obsessionally keep bumping our heads against it.
Give the world back 2005
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I need some thing to say to myself when I begin thinking obsessionally, obsessively.
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I need some thing to say to myself when I begin thinking obsessionally, obsessively.
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I need some thing to say to myself when I begin thinking obsessionally, obsessively.
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Stir the risotto often, but "not obsessionally" Jacob says.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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