pathologically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Webb writes in his book that Bashir was "pathologically, compellingly charming. Ruthless."
From BBC
And to be fair, that’s not a bad courtroom strategy against an opponent who is almost pathologically predisposed to putting his foot in his mouth.
From Salon
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
It's classic Everett, a novelist who describes himself as "pathologically ironic".
From BBC
She was even better in Paul Thomas Anderson’s “The Master,” essentially playing two characters — the public and private Peggy Dodd, one motherly and genteel, the other pathologically controlling and suspicious.
From Los Angeles Times
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