neurotically

1. 1.

   in a neurotic manner

   “they are finely, not to say neurotically adjusted”

Questions about neurotically

What does neurotically mean?

neurotically means "in a neurotic manner".

How many syllables are in neurotically?

neurotically has 6 syllables and divides as ne-u-ro-ti-cal-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is neurotically a common word?

neurotically is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.