hyperbolic

[hahy-per-bol-ik]

adjective

having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.

using hyperbole; exaggerating.

Mathematics.

of or relating to a hyperbola.
derived from a hyperbola, as a hyperbolic function.

Also hy·per·bol·i·cal.

Origin of hyperbolic

1640–50; hyperbole or hyperbol(a) + -ic

Related formshy·per·bol·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·hy·per·bol·ic, adjectivenon·hy·per·bol·i·cal, adjectivenon·hy·per·bol·i·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·hy·per·bol·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for hyperbolical

Historical Examples of hyperbolical

Among Orientals all such titles are towering and hyperbolical.
A Chesterton Calendar
G. K. Chesterton
Quære, whether to say the sun is outshined be too bold and hyperbolical?
The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1
Alexander Pope
A hyperbolical way of speaking is mere flippancy, and should be avoided.
Our Deportment
John H. Young
He would have sneered at this strain in another as hyperbolical and fatuous.
At Last
Marion Harland
The Indian language is bold and figurative, abounding in hyperbolical expressions, and is said to be susceptible of much elegance.
First History of New Brunswick
Peter Fisher

British Dictionary definitions for hyperbolical

hyperbolic

hyperbolical

adjective

of or relating to a hyperbola

rhetoric of or relating to a hyperbole

Derived Formshyperbolically, adverb

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Word Origin and History for hyperbolical

hyperbolic

adj.

1640s (iperbolical is from early 15c.), from Greek hyperbolikos "extravagant," from hyperbole "extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond" (see hyperbole). Geometric sense is from 1670s. Related: Hyperbolically.