compulsively

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English compulsive
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 compulsively

    From compulsive + -ly.

    Adverb

    compulsively (comparative more compulsively, superlative most compulsively)

    1. In a compulsive manner; obsessively.

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