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epically

epically adverb: in an epic manner; in the style of an epic.

Adverb

epically (comparative more epically, superlative most epically)

  1. In an epic manner; in the style of an epic
  2. (informal) Extremely; very; significantly.
    • 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.2007 November, Todd Balf, “Critical Mess”, in Bicycling
    • 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, […]2008, Rachel Maude, Poseur: The Good, the Fab and the Ugly, Poppy, →ISBN

Examples of epically in a sentence

  • They stopped discussing them because it usually meant epically dull speeches from Steve on market fluctuations and innovations in Internet trading.2008, Joe Stretch, Friction, Vintage, →ISBN, page 144:
  • […] I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …"2012, Penny Vincenzi, More Than You Know, Doubleday, →ISBN:

Forms of epically

comparativemore epically
superlativemost epically

Origin of epically

From epic + -ally or epical + -ly.

Questions about epically

What does epically mean?
Epically means in an epic manner; in the style of an epic.
How do you use epically in a sentence?
They stopped discussing them because it usually meant epically dull speeches from Steve on market fluctuations and innovations in Internet trading.
What part of speech is epically?
Epically is an adverb.

Words near epically in the dictionary

  1. epic poetry
  2. epicadmium
  3. epicainide
  4. epical
  5. epicality
  6. epically
  7. epicals
  8. epicalyces
  9. epicalyx
  10. epicalyxes
  11. epicantal

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