hyperbolic

(hī'pər-bŏl'ĭk) also hy·per·bol·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.

1. Of, relating to, or employing hyperbole.
2. Mathematics.
   1. Of, relating to, or having the form of a hyperbola.
   2. Of or relating to a geometric system in which two or more lines can be drawn through any point in a plane and not intersect a given line in the plane.
   3. Of or relating to a hyperbolic function: hyperbolic cosine.

hyperbolically hy'per·bol'i·cal·ly adv.

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/hi per BAH lik/  of, relating to, or marked by hyperbole

IN BRIEF: Exaggerated or tending to exaggerate.

Both of the candidates' speeches were quite hyperbolic and not totally believable.

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