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Definition of Exaggeratory
1. a. Containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative.
Definition of Exaggeratory
1. Adjective. exaggerative. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exaggeratory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exaggeratory
Literary usage of Exaggeratory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1759)
"... fuch as excogitation, exaggeratory, &c. with other hard compounds, which it
is difficult to pronounce with ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To heap upon ; to accumulate ; to heighten by representation.
exaggeratory, (egz-ad'-je-ra-tur-e) «. Enlarging by hyperbolical expressions. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1833)
"But, on the other hand, there are antiqua.. ries who consider the exaggeratory
expressions of the monkish writers to convey a figurative rather than an ..."
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