compulsively

Adverb

Meaning

By compulsion; by force.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

obsessively obsessionally automatically mechanically addicted urgently compulsive involuntarily humanly compulsorily obligatorily imperiously pedantically imperatively binge
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Antonyms

independently weakly indifferently coolly ineffectively dully
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Phrases with the word

person who works compulsively

Examples

I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual. Rem Koolhaas

I had a great many sex and love cases where people were absolutely devastated when somebody with whom they were compulsively in love didn't love them back. They were killing themselves with anxiety and depression. Albert Ellis

It is only when we no longer compulsively need someone that we can have a real relationship with them. Anthony Storr

My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and provides me with a peace of mind not easily attainable in this economic climate. Chelsea Handler

Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing. William S. Burroughs

I am not a person who pursues luxury. I am not like those people who, once they have money, compulsively squander it or show it off. Wang Jianlin

Close letter words and terms

compulsive streak compulsive talker compulsive worker compulsiveness compulsivity compulsorily