pathologically
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pathological + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpæθ.əˈlɒ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adverb
[edit]pathologically (comparative more pathologically, superlative most pathologically)
- 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., , →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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]in a pathological manner
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