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hyperˈbolically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a hyperbolical manner; with hyperbole or exaggeration.
1555Eden Decades Pref. (Arb.) 51 Although..it bee hyperborically wrytten that in the dayes of Salomon golde and syluer were in Hierusalem..as plentiful as stones. 1579Fulke Heskins' Parl. 244 Chrysostom doth hyperbolically amplifie the excellencie of the Ministers office. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God xvi. xxi. (1620) 562 Such a multitude as holy Writ thought to signifie hyperbolically by the sands of the earth. 1774Pennant Tour Scotl. in 1772, 220 The northern bards speak hyperbolically of the effect of the blast blown by the mouth of the heroes. 1842De Quincey Cicero Wks. VI. 224 Unless his income were hyperbolically vast.
2. ‘In form of an hyperbola’ (J.). |