pathologicallyadv.
/ˌpaθəˈlɒdʒᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌpæθəˈlɑdʒək(ə)li/ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > [adverb]
affectively1646
sentimentallya1806
pathologically1824
pathematicallya1832
emotionally1836
emotively1843
sensationally1855
1824 T. De Quincey tr. I. Kant Idea Universal Hist. in London Mag. Oct. 387/1 A social concert that had been pathologically extorted [Ger. pathologisch abgedrungen] from the mere necessities of situation.
1833 T. Chalmers On Power, Wisdom, & Goodness of God II. ii. iii. 237 The objects which he chooses to entertain, and..the emotions which pathologically result from them.
1867 De Bow's Rev. Apr. 377 Wise statesmen will always act experimentally, tentatively and pathologically.
2. In relation to pathology or disease; in a pathological manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > study of disease > [adverb]
pathologically1825
1825 Lancet 19 Feb. 214/1 The second part is on the action or influence of these marsh effluvia on organization, physiologically and pathologically.
1868 D. Cook Dr. Muspratt's Patients 228 His book..on the Heart—physiologically and pathologically considered.
1901 Science 17 May 764/1 Plague is here; clinically, pathologically and bacteriologically it has been proved to be here.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) iii. 56 Melanins are physiologically increased on exposure to ultra-violet light and in pregnancy; pathologically they are met with in malignant melanomata.
1993 S. J. Ettinger Pocket Compan. Textbk. Vet. Internal Med. xciv. 540 This tumor is distinct..both clinically and pathologically.
3. colloquial. In a way that is psychologically unhealthy or abnormal.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adverb] > madly
woodlyc1000
madlyc1225
out of (by, from, of) wit or one's wit1470–85
bedlamlya1569
bedlamlike1576
distractedly1608
madling1608
monthly1611
brainsicklya1616
maddinglya1625
frenzilya1688
crazily1814
insanely1828
dementedly1844
off1866
hippomaniacally1876
pathologically1925
manically1927
dottily1937
feyly1959
kookily1968
nutso1980
1925 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 19 708 Zimmerman's penchant for psychological enquiry was determined by a pathologically sensitive nature.
1933 Mind 42 138 In the expression of his feelings and appreciations he was almost pathologically reticent.
1969 E. Mirel in P. Solomon Handbk. Psychiatry xxxii. 389 The ‘pathologically shy’ children who manifest passivity, inhibited initiative and motor action.
1987 M. Warnock Memory iv. 65 I am notoriously, almost pathologically, forgetful.
2001 Yahoo! Internet Life Aug. 70 Hunter S. Thompson is pathologically averse to doing what's expected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1824