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dysfunctionally

dysfunctionally adverb: in a dysfunctional manner.

Adverb

dysfunctionally (comparative more dysfunctionally, superlative most dysfunctionally)

  1. In a dysfunctional manner.
    • “I’m hoping I can be strong enough not to be hit by that ton of bricks, not to become dysfunctionally sad,” said Ms. Cafritz, 62, as she sat on a couch in her temporary home this week.2009 August 8, Rachel L. Swarns, “In Collection’s Ashes, a Heritage’s Seeds”, in New York Times

Forms of dysfunctionally

comparativemore dysfunctionally
superlativemost dysfunctionally

Origin of dysfunctionally

From dysfunctional + -ly.

Questions about dysfunctionally

What does dysfunctionally mean?
Dysfunctionally means in a dysfunctional manner.
What part of speech is dysfunctionally?
Dysfunctionally is an adverb.

Words near dysfunctionally in the dictionary

  1. dysfunctional
  2. dysfunctionalism
  3. dysfunctionalities
  4. dysfunctionality
  5. dysfunctionalization
  6. dysfunctionally
  7. dysfunctioned
  8. dysfunctioning
  9. dysfunctions
  10. dysgammaglobulinaemia
  11. dysgammaglobulinemia

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