neurasthenia
noun
(not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
neurasthenically
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a word derived from
neurasthenia.
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a word derived from
neurasthenic.
Example Sentences
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For Burton, Hamlet's madness is a tactic and he goes to great lengths to show that this Hamlet is play-acting madness rather than edging neurasthenically close to it.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before achieving the throne he seems neurasthenically preoccupied, but at his coronation he is as playful as a youngster with a shiny new toy.
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