They are finely, not to say neurotically adjusted. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Am I neurotically obsessed about boundaries or is she insane?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
Moreover, heads — fearing ruin — are neurotically vigilant. From Wordnik.com. [Let them go private?] Reference
I won't get a phone where I could neurotically check my messages. From Wordnik.com. [Johann Hari: Has The Internet Brought Us Together -- Or Pulled Us Apart?] Reference
Can you be a polite, neurotically amiable investigative reporter?. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: Winter Blog Blast Tour, Day Three: M.T. Anderson] Reference
A perfect example is the GOP neurotically explained Euthansia argument. From Wordnik.com. [White House launches health care 'reality check' Web site] Reference
His handwriting, neurotically neat at the best of times, looked machine-printed. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Heorot]
Some people say, “Act spontaneously,” but spontaneously often means neurotically. From Wordnik.com. [Introduction to Voidness and Mental Labeling] Reference
I was almost neurotically anxious that some men had been lost and would be forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Company]
Last summer I used a piece of paper folded into six that I would consult neurotically. From Wordnik.com. [Good news and new goods « knitnut.net] Reference
I have never met a more insecure and neurotically nervous person in my life than Jean Arthur. From Wordnik.com. [Hollywood and the Movies] Reference
All she could see was the personal pleasure of returning neurotically to a personal past, a dead past. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories Vol 1]
Treaties and social/political agreements also are neurotically caught in this formal/informal dilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Feeling Nuts In Mexico] Reference
Of course I am now going to neurotically frost dozens of cupcakes like this to perfect the technique. From Wordnik.com. [How to frost cupcakes: a video tutorial] Reference
There's gotta be somebody out there that cares about dead mystery languages as neurotically as you, right?. From Wordnik.com. [False Etruscan-Latin bilingual equations] Reference
The virtual assumption that there must be penalties is neurotically insistent for just one of these nations. From Wordnik.com. [World Cup 2010: Fabio Capello must deliver as moment of truth arrives] Reference
But the coup de grâce is delivered the first day, when the director goes neurotically, psychosomatically blind. From Wordnik.com. [Part-Spider, Part-Snore!] Reference
They find industry crass and crude, and neurotically they pine for the illusion of the good old days or new utopias. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Pains] Reference
So different from my neurotically imposed ritual of updating in the morning, from the office, before I dive into work. From Wordnik.com. [Sicky Sicky] Reference
As I neurotically checked and rechecked the range, making sure the burners were indeed cooling, Louisa started the car. From Wordnik.com. [Poetry And Food] Reference
If they became less neurotically attentive, politics would become more interesting and, I suspect, more progressive†. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
If I'm even vaguely sober, part of me is constantly craning neurotically to see this picture from the bloke's perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference
A society that impoverishes most of its population in order to enrich a few neurotically greedy individuals is a sick society. From Wordnik.com. [Philip Slater: The Root Causes of Terrorism and Why No One Wants to End Them] Reference
AND! i've plenty else to do instead of internet-stalking and neurotically pondering why he has yet to approve my myspacester request. From Wordnik.com. [pojken Diary Entry] Reference
Not because I wish to conceal myself, but because I wish - perhaps neurotically - to control the self-portrait that I share with you. From Wordnik.com. [Gone So Long] Reference
Personally, I love each and every Schwartzman-Wes Anderson film and think he is neurotically adorable in every film in which he appears. From Wordnik.com. [Friday List: Movie genres that 'Scott Pilgrim' actor Jason Schwartzman should consider] Reference
They certainly didn't neurotically turn to those governments to help, since it was obvious that those governments weren't going to help. From Wordnik.com. [Why Are the Neurotic Anti-Market?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Not because I wish to conceal myself, but because I wish – perhaps neurotically – to control the self-portrait that I share with you. From Wordnik.com. [Gone So Long | Her Bad Mother] Reference
However, a libertarian can get neurotically wound up worrying and fretting about what Our Leaders are doing and where it's going to lead. From Wordnik.com. [Why Are the Neurotic Anti-Market?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
When Cristiana Morganti neurotically rejects the compliments of her adoring lover, we laugh at the ridiculous idea she has of her own shortcomings. From Wordnik.com. [Pina Bausch's Tanztheater Wuppertal: Agua] Reference
And it looks like Obama's getting ready to stop neurotically fundamentalist nurses and doctors from blocking women's right to reproductive healthcare. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Denvir: Happy Masturbation Month!] Reference
It does not imply, however, coming close to a charlatan or a scoundrel, or relying neurotically on someone, even if the person is competent to help us. From Wordnik.com. [Relating to a Spiritual Teacher: Building a Healthy Relationship ��� 9 Relating to a Spiritual Mentor with Actions] Reference
I am a best-selling self-help book author -- so, theoretically I shouldn't allow myself to get neurotically suckered in by Mr. X's uber-superficiality. From Wordnik.com. [Karen Salmansohn: Love By The Pound Isn't Love At All] Reference
"I was a television host waiting to happen," says the relentlessly "on" Grodin, pacing neurotically around his office at CNBC's Ft. Lee, N.J., headquarters. From Wordnik.com. [Late Night Unplugged] Reference
So if you're only now catching up on the first half of the season, please enjoy these links to our neurotically thorough truth-squad treatment of episodes one through four. From Wordnik.com. ["Real Housewives of D.C." recap of recaps: Catching up on rerun week] Reference
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