mythical
adjective
pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
mythically
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a word derived from
mythical.
Example Sentences
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The future of the imperial household -- mythically descended from the Shinto sun goddess Amaterasu -- depends currently on Prince Hisahito, the 19-year-old nephew of Emperor Naruhito, 66.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
The landscape of his Welsh Decembers is mythically cold and gray.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
"We've talked about porpicide, and we hear about it, but it was almost spoken about mythically."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2023
The genial, studious professor tours a mix of far-flung sites that have been profoundly cratered or otherwise affected — culturally, spiritually, mythically — by asteroid contact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2020
Drum is not a fable, but an antique reality fallen flaccid; made, by express bequest, as is mythically said, from the skin of Zisca, above 300 years ago: altogether mythic that latter clause.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 13 by Thomas Carlyle
