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hyperbolically

American  
[hahy-per-bahl-ik-lee] / ˌhaɪ pərˈbɑl ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a way that is hyperbolic or shows hyperbole.


Example Sentences

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In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo offered hyperbolically, “The politician in me thinks you’re going to literally lose every voter under 35, forever.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 25, 2023

I don’t think it ruins a book, but what he was saying hyperbolically was you’ve gotta get it right, and if you don’t, you interrupt the dream of the novel.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

The question is, are we in the press reporting it rationally or hyperbolically?

From Salon • Sep. 29, 2022

This offer, Wade added a touch hyperbolically, would “compensate him more than” the N.B.A.’s rookie minimum salary.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2020

Then he maketh an oration to the audience of half-an-hour long, wherein he doth most hyperbolically extol the virtue of his drugs and confections—though many of them are very counterfeit and false.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various