psychotically
- adverb
- /saɪˈkoʊtɪkli/
- Informal
- So I have this girlfriend and her husband is so psychotically jealous.
So I have this girlfriend and her husband is so psychotically jealous.
- So I have this girlfriend and her husband is so psychotically jealous.
Examples
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I know, and he's like psychotically obsessing over every little detail.
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And my mom has been psychotically obsessed with movie stars... to a point that defies explanation.
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I mean, they, like, psychotically loved it.
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And he's psychotically obsessing over every little detail.
Fiction book (2001) -
Well, you see, Mrs. Cortez, I've always been methodical, goal-oriented, psychotically so.
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She psychotically loved that show, watching every episode multiple times.
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He is psychotically obsessed with achieving perfection in his work.
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They discussed the project psychotically, analyzing every minor detail.
Synonyms
To a very great degree
In a way that shows very fast, nervous energy because of strong excitement or worry
In a wild and foolish way
In a very wild and excited way without control
With very high energy and little control
In a very intense and unpleasant way
In a wild way as if not thinking clearly
In a way that is very strong or extreme
In a very extreme way to show strong feelings or great effort
In a very excited and wild way
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Psychotically is also used in everyday speech to mean 'very' or 'extremely'. It comes from the same root psyche 'mind' and the medical word psychotic, but this informal use simply makes something sound extra strong rather than describing a real illness.