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psychopathically

psychopathically

9.9
In a very extreme way to show strong feelings or great effort
  • adverb
  • /ˌsaɪkəˈpæθɪkli/
  • Informal
translation icon : psicopáticamente
  • The room was psychopathically clean, with every item perfectly in place.

Examples

  • He was psychopathically focused on winning, barely sleeping before the competition.

  • She organized her schedule psychopathically, leaving no time for relaxation.

  • He acted psychopathically!

  • She laughed psychopathically!

  • He was psychopathically determined to finish the project ahead of schedule, even skipping meals.

  • The presentation was psychopathically detailed, covering every possible angle of the topic.

  • She approached her training psychopathically, pushing her limits to the extreme every day.

Synonyms

psychotically
vspsychopathically
  • Informal
8.9

In a way that is extremely intense and unreasonable

says the same but stresses excess rather than unreasonableness

How Intense

psychopathically
  • Informal
9.9
intensely
88 3.1
strongly
638 1.0
moderately
47 2.8
mildly
92 2.7

Surface Forms

psychopathically positive

Morphology

psychopathically = psychopathic (semi-transparent) = psychopath + ic + ally

Formally derived from 'psychopathic' + '-ally', but the colloquial use as an intensifier ('extremely') departs from the literal clinical sense.

Etymology

Psychopathically can also be used in informal speech to mean something extreme or over-the-top. A helpful way to remember this use is to think of the slang psycho, from psyche 'mind', which people use to mean 'crazy', so psychopathically can mean 'extremely' or 'obsessively'.