pathologically
advUS /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/ · UK /ˌpæθ.əˈlɒ.d͡ʒɪk.li/
Etymology From pathological + -ly.
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In a pathological manner.
- 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.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:
- 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.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:
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- sometimes I was pettily in love, and sometimes — due to my OCD — I was even pathologically in love.2012, Jordan Rex Jensen, Psalms of Life: