Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hyperbolically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.61 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-bol-i-cal-ly
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a hyperbolic manner.

adv

In a hyperbolic manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English hyperbolic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hyperbolically From hyperbolic + -ally.

Inflected Forms

more hyperbolically (comparative) most hyperbolically (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

parabolically

Synonyms

exaggeratedly

Questions

What does hyperbolically mean?: In a hyperbolic manner.
Where does hyperbolically come from?: Etymology tree English hyperbolic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English hyperbolically From hyperbolic + -ally.

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