Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: epi-cal-ly
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an epic manner; in the style of an epic

adv

Extremely; very; significantly.

Informal

Example Sentences

"It is a rare sunny afternoon in an epically miserable London June when the wide South Bank plaza area along the Thames near Waterloo Bridge begins filling with bicycle riders."
"Due to some epically drunk behavior at his sister's Prada fashion thing the weekend before last, he'd somehow cheated on his supremely hot, now ex-girlfriend, […]"
"They stopped discussing them because it usually meant epically dull speeches from Steve on market fluctuations and innovations in Internet trading."
"[…] I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …""

Etymology

From epic + -ally or epical + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: epic, epical

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more epically (comparative) most epically (superlative)

Questions

What does epically mean?: In an epic manner; in the style of an epic
Where does epically come from?: From epic + -ally or epical + -ly.

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