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Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English obsess Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English obsessive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English obsessively From obsessive + -ly.
Meanings
- In an obsessive manner.
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To an obsessive degree.
There were moments when I doubted whether it was worth all the effort – whether it was crazy of Anderson to toil so obsessively over three breezy, cheeky vignettes which are neither sidesplittingly hilarious nor heart-wrenchingly insightful.
2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most obsessively | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more obsessively | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
ca obsessivament (in an obsessive manner) · gl obsesivamente (in an obsessive manner) · es obsesivamente (in an obsessive manner) · it ossessivamente (in an obsessive manner) · pt obsessivamente (in an obsessive manner) · el ιδεοληπτικά (in an obsessive manner) · it ossessivamente (to an obsessive degree)