adverb
- in a manner characteristic of or relating to psychosis; in a severely mentally disturbed way
- in an extremely irrational or violent manner
Usage: clinical/medical context
Usage: informal; often hyperbolic
Examples
- The patient was behaving psychotically and required immediate medical attention.
- He laughed psychotically at his own cruel joke.
- The character in the movie smiled psychotically before revealing his evil plan.
- She was driving psychotically fast through the residential neighborhood.
- The villain acted psychotically throughout the entire film.
- His psychotically obsessive behavior worried his friends and family.