Antonyms for hyperbolic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hahy-per-bol-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ pərˈbɒl ɪk


Definition of hyperbolic

Origin :
  • 1640s (iperbolical is from early 15c.), from Greek hyperbolikos "extravagant," from hyperbole "extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond" (see hyperbole). Geometric sense is from 1670s. Related: Hyperbolically.
  • As in rhetorical : adj wordy; flowery in speech
  • As in exaggerated : adj overstated, embellished
Example sentences :
  • The rest of the sentence is true, but this, hyperbolic, and greatly false.
  • Extract from : « Ariadne Florentina » by John Ruskin
  • I have omitted to mention the hyperbolic form of government.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Mathematics » by P. Hampson
  • Their principal work was dedicated to her, in terms of hyperbolic praise.
  • Extract from : « Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution » by Agnes Arber
  • It is conceivable that a comet might revolve in a hyperbolic orbit.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 7 » by Various
  • Barbican maintained it was the parabolic; M'Nicholl insisted that it was the hyperbolic.
  • Extract from : « All Around the Moon » by Jules Verne
  • Does not Shakespeare's Cleopatra rave in a manner no less fervid and hyperbolic?
  • Extract from : « The Growth of English Drama » by Arnold Wynne
  • When her birthday came he produced an elaborate confection of hyperbolic compliment.
  • Extract from : « Queen Victoria » by Lytton Strachey
  • And if there are no hyperbolic orbits, then it is infinity to one that all the orbits are elliptical.
  • Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
  • Parallel passages to this hyperbolic expression are collected in Klbings note to this line (p. 364).
  • Extract from : « Torrent of Portyngale » by Unknown
  • And we thus see that the two hyperbolic legs belong to a simple intersection of the curve by the line infinity.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 » by Various

Synonyms for hyperbolic

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