adjective, noun
adjective thinking too much about one particular person or thing; showing this:
He's becoming more and more obsessive about punctuality. * an obsessive attention to detail * obsessive behaviour / love
obsessively adverb:
obsessively jealous * He worries obsessively about his appearance.
noun (psychology) a person whose mind is filled with thoughts of one particular thing or person so that they cannot think of anything else
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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