compulsive
com|pul|sive /kəmp'ʌlsɪv/
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
...a compulsive liar...
He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt.
● compulsively [ADV] ADV with v, ADV adj
John is compulsively neat and clean, he's terrified of germs.
2 [ADJ]
If a book or television programme is compulsive, it is so interesting that you do not want to stop reading or watching it.
The BBC series Hot Chefs is compulsive viewing...
● compulsively [ADV] ADV adj
...a series of compulsively readable novels.
1 [ADJ] ADJ n
You use compulsive to describe people or their behaviour when they cannot stop doing something wrong, harmful, or unnecessary.
...a compulsive liar...
He was a compulsive gambler and often heavily in debt.
● compulsively [ADV] ADV with v, ADV adj
John is compulsively neat and clean, he's terrified of germs.
2 [ADJ]
If a book or television programme is compulsive, it is so interesting that you do not want to stop reading or watching it.
The BBC series Hot Chefs is compulsive viewing...
● compulsively [ADV] ADV adj
...a series of compulsively readable novels.