fanatically

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/fəˈnæt.ɪk(.ə)li/(US)
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/fəˈnæt.ɪk(.ə)li/(US) · [fəˈnæɾ.ɪk(.ə)li](US)

Definition of fanatically

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a fanatical manner; with extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm.
    “This argument, vaguely political in nature, took place as often as the two men met. It was a topsy-turvy affair, for the Englishman was bitterly anti-English and the Indian fanatically loyal.”
    “Islam was as fanatically monotheist and aniconist as any Jew could desire, and the sensational successes of its devotees in the military — and soon also in the missionary — field gave Christendom something new to think about.”
    “As I look back on that week in China two impressions stand out most vividly. One is the awesome sight of the disciplined but wildly—almost fanatically—enthusiastic audience at the gymnastic exhibition in Peking, confirming my belief that we must cultivate China during the next few decades while it is still learning to develop its national strength and potential. Otherwise we will one day be confronted with the most formidable enemy that has ever existed in the history of the world.”
    “I have seen no more romantic figure than Stewart Carter, his head and shoulders wrapped in a flaming red head-scarf, moustaches at the high port, crouched fanatically over the steering-wheel of a stripped-down Land Rover.”

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Etymology

From fanatical + -ly.

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