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hyperbolically

[hahy-per-bahl-ik-lee]

adverb

  1. in a way that is hyperbolic or shows hyperbole.



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Attorney General Pam Bondi repeated the threat and added, hyperbolically and erroneously, that “this conduct could properly be characterized as treasonous,” a crime that is punishable by death.

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As adjectives go, “Orwellian” tends to be prematurely invoked — and hyperbolically, if often in good faith.

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Seizing the few words he knows, Blackthorne hyperbolically says that anyone who touches the pheasant in defiance of his wishes will die.

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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.”

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If Gibbs was hyperbolically treated as a savior when he returned, Harris is being greeted as a liberator.

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