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fanatically

US/fəˈnæt.ɪk(.ə)li/
adverbC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #13,468 of 15,258neutral

Fanatically means with devotion so extreme it allows no other view. Fanatically loyal, fanatically tidy, fanatically opposed.

It is often affectionate about small things, since being fanatically tidy is a joke about somebody's habits. About beliefs it is not affectionate at all.

Definitions of fanatically

  1. 1adverbfanaticallyWith devotion so extreme it allows no other view.C1

    “He is fanatically devoted to his football club and has never missed a home game.”

fanatically is a manner.

Where it comes from

From fanatical + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

fanatically in the wild

  • The second Carthaginian line then fanatically assaulted the Roman first line, inflicting heavy losses and pushing it back.

    Battle of Zama

  • The novel also reveals the back stories of John's mother, his biological father, and his violent, fanatically religious stepfather, Gabriel Grimes.

    Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.