"epically" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-epically.wav Forms: more epically [comparative], most epically [superlative]
Etymology: From 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ally, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ally: 100 0 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 100 0
  2. (informal) Extremely; very; significantly. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-epically-en-adv-ZwOW~-Qw

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