hyperbolically
Americanadverb
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
Later he tells his father, only slightly hyperbolically, “There’s no point in school. Everything will be dead before I get to tenth grade.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
The article's headline, perhaps hyperbolically, suggests that because of her ability to empathize, Ardern may be "the most effective leader on the planet."
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
To Keats himself, more hyperbolically still, and in terms still more suited to draw the pitying smile of the ironic gods, Haydon writes a little later:—
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
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