neu|rot´i|cal|ly

neu|rot´i|cal|ly
neu|rot|ic «nu ROT ihk, nyu-», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. a) having or suffering from emotional instability. b) of or having to do with a neurosis or neuroses: »

Neurotic symptoms, then, just like errors and dreams, have their meaning and, like these, are related to the life of the person in whom they appear (Sigmund Freud).

2. Informal. too nervous.
3. acting upon or stimulating the nerves.
–n.
1. a person having or suffering from a neurosis: »

The problem of the neurotic, then, is suffering, but of a particular kind, suffering due to guilt (Sebastian de Grazia).

2. a drug or poison that acts on the nervous system.
3. Obsolete. a disease of the nerves.
neu|rot´i|cal|ly, adverb.

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