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compulsively

🇬🇧 UK/kəm'pʌlsɪvlɪ/🇺🇸 US
C2

Definitions

adv.

In an obsessive, uncontrollable manner driven by an irresistible urge

强迫性地;无法自控地

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
comtogether, with
+
pulspush, drive
+
ivetending to, having the nature of
+
lyin the manner of
=compulsively

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He compulsively organized his desk every morning, unable to start work until everything was perfect.

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