neurotically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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It was late evening and I was sitting at my desk, neurotically rechecking details in an L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Why hadn’t I thought of any of this before, particularly because I’d been so neurotically careful for the previous two years.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 12, 2022
If your birthday frequently coincided with the Jewish high holidays, as mine did, you would neurotically fret about how this would affect your wall posts.
From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2019
Through the six square, neurotically overstuffed panels on each page, Bell shows us the landscape of her mother’s life, populated by feral animals and possibly dirty dishes.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2017
It was like struggling with some crushing physical task, something which one had the right to refuse and which one was nevertheless neurotically anxious to accomplish.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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