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neurotically, adv.|njʊˈrɒtɪkəlɪ| [f. neurotic a. + -al + -ly2.] In a neurotic manner; as the result of a nervous disorder. Also fig.
1890W. James Princ. Psychol. II. xxviii. 685 In many cases..the parental alcoholics are themselves degenerates neurotically. 1919M. K. Bradby Psycho-Anal. 78 Many..thrust their qualms into the unconscious and become neurotically deaf, blind or what not. 1924R. Graves Mock Beggar Hall 21 A row of post-war villas, neurotically built, Standing each at different curious angles to the road. 1961C. Willock Death in Covert iii. 69 He had a dark, keen, neurotically intelligent face. 1972Daily Tel. 20 Apr. 10/6 Christopher Dowson, who slides into a house-party uninvited.., yearns neurotically after an unchanging situation. |