hyperbolically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Besides, we’re talking about Downey, a city that advocates and detractors alike hyperbolically call the “Mexican Beverly Hills” for its middle-class Latino life and conservative streak.
From Los Angeles Times
Adams responded on his website that he was “speaking hyperbolically.”
As adjectives go, “Orwellian” tends to be prematurely invoked — and hyperbolically, if often in good faith.
From Salon
They’re almost identical, varying largely by the identity of the defendant and the number of movies downloaded in what the lawsuits allege, hyperbolically, to be theft “on a grand scale.”
From Los Angeles Times
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
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