pathologically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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I’m someone who’s pathologically chatty, and so talking to Greg, who is completely fine with there being pauses in conversation, and is just a confident grown-up, it was incredibly intimidating.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The research team analyzed gene expression data from post-mortem prefrontal cortex tissue collected from 207 AA brain donors, including 125 individuals with pathologically confirmed AD and 82 controls.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
Webb writes in his book that Bashir was "pathologically, compellingly charming. Ruthless."
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
He is not an authentic person insofar as he lies all the time, but his desire for that attention is so deep, it's coming from such a deep place, he needs it pathologically.
From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025
Cancer, perhaps, is an ultimate perversion of genetics—a genome that becomes pathologically obsessed with replicating itself.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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