obsessionallyadv.
/əbˈsɛʃn̩əli/, /əbˈsɛʃn̩l̩i/, /əbˈsɛʃənl̩i/, /əbˈsɛʃ(ə)nəli/, U.S. /əbˈsɛʃ(ə)nəli/, /ɑbˈsɛʃ(ə)nəli/ In an obsessional manner, obsessively.
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1942 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xii. 99 Geoffrey, with his attractive, sallow, tired baby's face and dark, melting eyes, talked obsessionally of his life in the desert.
1961 John o' London's 12 Oct. 407/2 He cares for the theatre; passionately, obsessionally.
1990 A. Oakley Sociol. Housework (BNC) 108 Cooper's conclusion is that houseproud housewives are ‘abnormal’ in the sense that their behaviour has something in common with that of obsessionally ill people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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