exaggeratedly

exaggeratedly

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English exaggerated
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English exaggeratedly

    From exaggerated + -ly.

    Adverb

    exaggeratedly (comparative more exaggeratedly, superlative most exaggeratedly)

    1. To an excessive degree; in an exaggerated manner.
      Synonym: hyperbolically
      • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 121:
        He pursed his lips knowingly and winked exaggeratedly.

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