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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HYPERBOLICALLY

adv. In the form of a hyperbola. 1. With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth.
Scylla--is hyperbolically described by Homer as inaccessible.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPERBOLICALLY

HYPERBOLICALLY Hy `per *bol "ic *al *ly, adv.

 

1. (Math. )

 

Defn: In the form of an hyperbola.

 

2. (Rhet.)

 

Defn: With exaggeration; in a manner to express more or less than the truth. Sir W. Raleigh.