epically

English

Etymology

epic +‎ -ally or epical +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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Adverb

epically (comparative more epically, superlative most epically)

1. In an epic manner; in the style of an epic
2. (informal) Extremely; very; significantly.
   • 2007 November, Todd Balf, “Critical Mess”, in Bicycling:

     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.

   • 2008, Rachel Maude, Poseur: The Good, the Fab and the Ugly‎^[1], Poppy, →ISBN:

     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, Joe Stretch, Friction, Vintage, →ISBN, page 144:

     They stopped discussing them because it usually meant epically dull speeches from Steve on market fluctuations and innovations in Internet trading.

   • 2012, Penny Vincenzi, More Than You Know‎^[2], Doubleday, →ISBN:

     […] I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …"