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Epically vs Etically - What's the difference?

epically | etically |

As adverbs the difference between epically and etically

is that epically is in an epic manner while etically is in an etic manner.

epically

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In an epic manner.
  • (informal) Extremely; very; significantly.
  • * 2007 , Todd Balf, " 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.
  • * 2008 , Rachel Maude, Poseur: The Good, the Fab and the Ugly , Poppy (2008), ISBN 9780316065849, unnumbered page:
  • 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 (2008), ISBN 9781407013220, 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 , Doubleday (2012), ISBN 9780385534529, unnumbered page:
  • I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …"
    English degree adverbs

    etically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an etic manner.