Epically vs Epical - What's the difference?
epically | epical |
In an epic manner.
(informal) Extremely; very; significantly.
* 2007 , Todd Balf, "
* 2008 , Rachel Maude, Poseur: The Good, the Fab and the Ugly , Poppy (2008), ISBN 9780316065849,
* 2008 , Joe Stretch, Friction , Vintage (2008), ISBN 9781407013220,
* 2012 , Penny Vincenzi, More Than You Know , Doubleday (2012), ISBN 9780385534529,
Of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.
*2013 , (Thomas Pynchon), Bleeding Edge , Vintage 2014, p. 457:
*:Camp Tewattsirokwas was the brainchild of a Trotskyite couple, the Gimelmans from Cedarhurst, begun back at the time of the Schachtman unpleasantness amid epical all-night screaming matches […].
(literature) Any book containing 2 or more epics.
(poetry) In epic poetry, a lengthy, revered narrative poem, ordinarily concerning a serious subject containing details of heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation.
As an adverb epically
is in an epic manner.As an adjective epical is
of or pertaining to epic literature; epic, grandiose.As a noun epical is
(literature) any book containing 2 or more epics.epically
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Adverb
(en adverb)Critical Mess", Bicycling , November 2007:
- 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.
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- 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,
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- They stopped discussing them because it usually meant epically dull speeches from Steve on market fluctuations and innovations in Internet trading.
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- I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …"
