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dysfunctionally

adv

Etymology

From dysfunctional + -ly.

  1. derived from *bʰewg-✻
  2. derived from functiō — “performance, execution”
  3. derived from fonction
  4. borrowed from function
  5. formed as dysfunction — “dys- + function”
  6. suffixed as dysfunctional — “dysfunction + al”
  7. suffixed as dysfunctionally — “dysfunctional + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a dysfunctional manner.

    • “I’m hoping I can be strong enough not to be hit by that ton of bricks, not to become dysfunctionally sad,” said Ms. Cafritz, 62, as she sat on a couch in her temporary home this week.

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