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epically en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

From epic + -ally or epical + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an epic manner; in the style of an epic
  2. (informal) Extremely; very; significantly.
    • 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:
    • 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:
    • 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:
    • […] I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …" 2012, Penny Vincenzi, More Than You Know, Doubleday, →ISBN:

Forms

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most epically Degree=Sup lexicographic
more epically Degree=Cmp lexicographic