hyperbolically.

1. Through exaggeration used for emphasis or rhetorical effect rather than a literal account.

2. In a manner involving a hyperbola or a corresponding hyperbolic mathematical relation.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• hyperbolically describe
• hyperbolically claim

On the page

The narrator hyperbolically described the brief wait as an age.

The advertisement hyperbolically claimed that the change would transform every aspect of the user’s life.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: style analysis, interpretation, characterization, rhetorical contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: uncommon.