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pathologically

/ˌpæθ.əˈlɒ.d͡ʒɪk.li/US/ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/

pathologically adverb: in a pathological manner.

Adverb

pathologically (comparative more pathologically, superlative most pathologically)

  1. In a pathological manner.
    • The early days of the epidemic had been a time of ebullition or ebullience, pathologically speaking, full of movements and tics, impulsions and impetuosities, manias and crises, ardencies and appetencies.1973, Oliver Sacks, “The Aftermath of the Sleeping Sickness (1927–67)”, in Awakenings, London: Duckworth, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, September 1999, →ISBN
    • Based on palpatory findings, tissue samples were taken from myogelotic areas of 11 unfixed human cadavers (6 female, 5 male). In addition to the biopsies from the pathologically altered muscle areas, tissue samples from nonindurative areas of the muscle in question were taken for comparative...1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of Myogelosis”, in Clinical Anatomy, volume 12, number 4, Wiley-Liss...

Examples of pathologically in a sentence

  • In addition to the biopsies from the pathologically altered muscle areas, tissue samples from nonindurative areas of the muscle in question were taken for comparative purposes.1999 July 1, A. Windisch, A. Reitinger, H. Traxler, H. Radner, C. Neumayer, W. Feigl, W. Firbas, “Morphology and Histochemistry of...
  • sometimes I was pettily in love, and sometimes — due to my OCD — I was even pathologically in love.2012, Jordan Rex Jensen, Psalms of Life:

Forms of pathologically

comparativemore pathologically
superlativemost pathologically

Origin of pathologically

From pathological + -ly.

Words formed from pathologically

Questions about pathologically

What does pathologically mean?
Pathologically means in a pathological manner.
How do you use pathologically in a sentence?
In addition to the biopsies from the pathologically altered muscle areas, tissue samples from nonindurative areas of the muscle in question were taken for comparative purposes.
What part of speech is pathologically?
Pathologically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce pathologically?
Pathologically is pronounced /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk.li/ (US).

Words near pathologically in the dictionary

  1. pathological histology
  2. pathological liar
  3. pathological liars
  4. pathological science
  5. pathological sciences
  6. pathologically
  7. pathologicoanatomic
  8. pathologicoanatomical
  9. pathologicoclinical
  10. pathologicohistological
  11. pathologies

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