obsessively
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6.5
- adverb
- /əbˈsɛsɪvli/
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obsesivamente
- She obsessively checked her phone for new messages throughout the day.
- obsessively focused
- obsessively repeats
- obsessively returns
Indeed, it constantly, obsessively holds our attention.
- Indeed, it constantly, obsessively holds our attention.
- So you steel man the other side's position as obsessively as possible.
- So, you know, in my work, for example, so I write obsessively.
- Why not, But not obsessively accumulating one thing after another pointlessly.
- I started deconstructing movies and, you know, deconstructed hundreds of them, just kind of obsessively taking notes and trying to find these moments.
- But then I doubled the dose and I, I'm obsessively track everything.
- Thorough, obsessively observed his inner landscape.
Examples
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So you steel man the other side's position as obsessively as possible.
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She'd remain silent for hours... and then talk obsessively about Paul McCartney.
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And then you want to focus really obsessively on that area that is important to you.
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And I would talk about this book project obsessively to my friends, and they said,
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Well, do you think it's healthy to obsessively collect things?
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I'm thinking obsessively about remote work and the effect that that has on location.
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He had no family, no time for a woman in his life, and was obsessively private about his first novel.
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Well, we talk about immigration obsessively, incessantly, probably too much.
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Since I obsessively seek such a place, I suppose I could be labeled a perfectionist.
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Much of our culture devotes itself obsessively to the comfy human world, our gossip, relationships, and destinies.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
12
6.6
To do something because you cannot stop yourself
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7.0
To show very strong support for a group or cause
In a strong, repeated way that shows worry and a need to control
Antonyms
How Obsessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obsessively comes from the Latin verb obsidere and the shorter form obsess, which mean 'to sit against' or 'to besiege'. So imagine a thought that 'sits' on you and will not leave, and that is why doing something obsessively means you keep repeating it or cannot stop thinking about it.