exaggerative
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of exaggerative
First recorded in 1790–1800; exaggerate + -ive
Example Sentences
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More than this it would be exaggerative to say, and a mere anticipation of the really decisive events afterwards.
From A Short History of England by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
What weariness did appear in him appeared in the prime of life; it was due not to age but to overwork, and his exaggerative way of doing everything.
From Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
They were evidently not only expansive but exaggerative; and perhaps it was not only in battle that they drew the long bow.
From A Short History of England by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Like most stories in or out of the army, they were perhaps exaggerative, but, like smoke, they could not exist without smouldering fire.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
And thus especially we say that the Yellow Press is exaggerative, over-emotional, illiterate, and anarchical, and a hundred other long words; whereas the only objection to it is that it tells lies.
From All Things Considered by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
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