hyperbolically
Americanadverb
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As adjectives go, “Orwellian” tends to be prematurely invoked — and hyperbolically, if often in good faith.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2025
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
Nightcore’s hyperbolically digital sound struck Harle and Cook as truly fresh.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
That was a real strain upon the imaginative and constructive faculties; I aspire to no such talent, but simply contemplate hyperbolically a certain phase of contemporary civilisation.
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Laurence Oliphant
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