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exaggeratedly

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ex⋅ag⋅ger⋅at⋅ed

  [ig-zaj-uh-rey-tid]
–adjective
1. unduly or unrealistically magnified: to have an exaggerated opinion of oneself.
2. abnormally increased or enlarged.
Use exaggeratedly in a Sentence
Origin:
1545–55; exaggerate + -ed 2

Related forms:
ex⋅ag⋅ger⋅at⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
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ex·ag·ger·ate   (ĭg-zāj'ə-rāt')   
v.   ex·ag·ger·at·ed, ex·ag·ger·at·ing, ex·ag·ger·ates

v.   tr.

  1. To represent as greater than is actually the case; overstate: exaggerate the size of the enemy force; exaggerated his own role in the episode.

  2. To enlarge or increase to an abnormal degree: thick lenses that exaggerated the size of her eyes.

v.   intr.
To make overstatements.

[Latin exaggerāre, exaggerāt-, to heap up, magnify : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + aggerāre, to pile up (from agger, pile, from aggerere, to bring to : ad-, ad- + gerere, to bring).]
ex·ag'ger·at'ed·ly adv., ex·ag'ger·a'tion n., ex·ag'ger·a'tive, ex·ag'ger·a·to'ry (-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj., ex·ag'ger·a'tor n.
Synonyms: These verbs mean to represent something as being larger or greater than it actually is: exaggerated the size of the fish I caught; inflated his own importance; magnifying her part in their success; overstated his income on the loan application.
Antonym: minimize
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