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单词 morbidly
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morbidlyadv.

Brit. /ˈmɔːbᵻdli/, U.S. /ˈmɔrbədli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: morbid adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < morbid adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a morbid or unhealthy manner.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adverb]
sickly1572
down1625
unhealthily1644
sadly1711
sicklily1727
wretchedly1728
morbidly1804
sickishly1847
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > melancholy > [adverb] > unwholesomely
morbidly1804
1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 380 Hence the vessels will be morbidly distended with blood.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris i. 9 This indifference as to the past, chiefly arises out of a morbidly quick sensibility to the present.
1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 116/1 You are morbidly afraid of death.
1926 W. McDougall Introd. Social Psychol. (ed. 20) 403 The psycho-analysts use the term ‘complex’ to cover both the normal sentiments and the morbidly repressed sentiments.
1958 Listener 14 Aug. 248/3 Anti-heroes and unpleasant young men are now so morbidly the fashion.
1991 New Musical Express 16 Mar. 33 He..morbidly looked forward to his own druggy demise.

Compounds

General attributive.
morbidly obese adj. Medicine suffering from morbid obesity.
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1969 Surg. Forum (Philadelphia) 20 398 This initial experience showed jejuno-ileal shunt reduces weight in morbidly obese patients.
1994 New Yorker 21 Feb. 33/1 He and his two sisters..are stuck there while they take care of a morbidly obese mother who won't leave the house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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