Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for HY-PER-BOL'IC-AL-LY
HY-PER-BOL'IC, or HY-PER-BOL'IC-ALHY-PER-BOL'I-FORM
HY-PER-BOL'IC-AL-LY, adv.
- In the form of a hyperbola.
- With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth. Scylla – is hyperbolically described by Homer as inaccessible. Broome.
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