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
Jan Morris was one woman who “had it all,” as the old Helen Gurley Brown guide so mythically proposed — but the cost to other people is left somewhere in the mist.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2022
The present universe is mythically arranged in regard to their early adventures: the separation of sky and earth, and so forth. p.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Lang, Andrew
