"epically" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-epically.wav [US] Forms: more epically [comparative], most epically [superlative]
Etymology: epic + -ally or epical + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|epic|ally}} epic + -ally, {{suffix|en|epical|ly|id2=adverbial}} epical + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} epically (comparative more epically, superlative most epically)
  1. In an epic manner; in the style of an epic
    Sense id: en-epically-en-adv-GBIgw6DY
  2. (informal) Extremely; very; significantly. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-epically-en-adv-ZwOW~-Qw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ally, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ally: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 7 93

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