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
The question is, are we in the press reporting it rationally or hyperbolically?
From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2022
However you engage with someone — even hyperbolically — it’s not okay for them to respond dismissively.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 13, 2022
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 various statutes affecting the law of property and administration of justice which have caused Edward I. to be named, rather hyperbolically, the English Justinian, bear no immediate relation to our present inquiries.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
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