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Meanings of compulsively in English

Portuguese
de forma compulsiva

In a compulsive manner.

de forma compulsiva
Usage of compulsively in English
1
His work is deeply perceptive, often outrageously funny and always compulsively readable.
The Guardian
2
I am compulsively early -I get to airports three hours early.
The Guardian
3
I think I may have that disease where you compulsively buy things.
Wired
4
My teeth chattered compulsively as my body began to have involuntary convulsions.
Monster Hunter International
5
He was popping them compulsively every hour or so, enjoying the buzz.
The vaults
6
When you launch out into these great machinations you say enormities compulsively.
Light
7
As he compulsively punches the buttons his fingers get fatter and clumsier.
The Wall
8
I have this really bad habit of lying compulsively when I drink.
My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
9
As a result I'm not longer thinking in tweets or compulsively checking it.
The Irish Times
10
We need to continue compulsively washing hands, wearing masks and keeping our distance.
Independent.ie
11
I began compulsively listening to it on repeat two years ago.
The Irish Times
12
I traveled constantly, almost compulsively, in the early months of 1969.
True compass: a memoir
13
Kate narrates the book, and there is something compulsively uncertain about her voice.
The Guardian
14
She's a girl that only a compulsively violent father could love.
The Guardian
15
By extrapolation, I was betting he followed his own publicity compulsively.
Private Sector
16
Her books are compulsively readable while being skilfully crafted -and utterly hilarious.
The Irish Times
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Compulsively through the time
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