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US
/kəmˈpəɫsɪvɫi/
]
[ UK /kəmpˈʌlsɪvli/ ]
[ UK /kəmpˈʌlsɪvli/ ]
ADVERB
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in a compulsive manner
he cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk
How To Use compulsively In A Sentence
- Thetans have been compulsively recording intergalactic history for several quadrillion years.
- A strain of mutant mice groom compulsively till they seriously injure themselves.
- I have been credited with the accolade of the most compulsively depressive blog and that is not without reason.
- For a player regularly accused of taking the circuitous route rather too often on the pitch, he is compulsively candid off it. Times, Sunday Times
- He has said of his pun-heavy brand of comedy: If you compulsively pun you are called a paronomasiac. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
- James stood up and wiped his hands on his jeans nervously and compulsively, as if trying to disassociate himself from death. CLASS TRIP
- A dapper man with an aristocratic air, he was boyishly handsome, compulsively social and intensely creative.
- It is languid, thought provoking and compulsively interesting, but, much like its poster, it won't be the most exciting film at the multiplex.
- At 16, Anneth compulsively sneaks out at night to flirt and drink at honky-tonks, dancing to the latest songs by Elvis, Patsy Cline, and Sam Cooke.
- The reasons why are superbly marshalled in this meticulously researched, compulsively readable book. Times, Sunday Times