obsessively
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Which is how I fell, slightly obsessively, into the surprisingly vivid world of lunch cookbooks — and from there into an even more specific niche: studio cookbooks.
From Salon
He said his wife was not a big sports fan but "every two years, she makes us obsessively watch the Olympics".
From Barron's
She said that for months, he has obsessively checked ICE activity and has lived in fear.
From Los Angeles Times
As a teen who obsessively watched movies, he set his sights on New York University’s film school, the alma mater of Martin Scorsese, who directed Ratner’s favorite movie, “Raging Bull.”
That Guthrie obsessively checks the naval news is seen as a mysterious quirk; no one poses the obvious question of whether someone dear to him might be at sea.
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