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pathologically

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Etymology

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    From pathological + -ly.

    Pronunciation

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    • (US) IPA(key): /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
    • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpæθ.əˈlɒ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)

    Adverb

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    pathologically (comparative more pathologically, superlative most pathologically)

    1. In a pathological manner.
      • 1973, Oliver Sacks, “The Aftermath of the Sleeping Sickness (1927–67)”, in Awakenings, London: Duckworth, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, September 1999, →ISBN:
        The early days of the epidemic had been a time of ebullition or ebullience, pathologically speaking, full of movements and tics, impulsions and impetuosities, manias and crises, ardencies and appetencies.
      • 1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of Myogelosis”, in Clinical Anatomy, volume 12, number 4, Wiley-Liss, Inc., →DOI, →PMID, page 266:
        Based on palpatory findings, tissue samples were taken from myogelotic areas of 11 unfixed human cadavers (6 female, 5 male). In addition to the biopsies from the pathologically altered muscle areas, tissue samples from nonindurative areas of the muscle in question were taken for comparative purposes.
      • 2012, Jordan Rex Jensen, Psalms of Life:
        sometimes I was pettily in love, and sometimes — due to my OCD — I was even pathologically in love.

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