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Synonyms for compulsively

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Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adverb

The senseadverbTier 4, High Camp

in a compulsive manner

He cleaned his shoes compulsively after every walk.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

obsessively

Same sentence, swapped: He cleaned his shoes obsessively after every walk.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for compulsively as it is used in the sentence above.

obediently
involuntarily
traditionally

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