Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a hypercritical manner; with excessive criticism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a hypercritical manner.
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- adverb in a
hypercritical manner
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Examples
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All the above makes me look at each article I see with a jaundiced eye and makes me pour over the thing hypercritically.
Credibilty lacking in the scientific literature | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006
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In my desire to share my great ideas, I had focused hypercritically on others and what I thought was their inability to perform their jobs correctly.
Living the 7 Habits STEPHEN R. COVEY 2001
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Thus every thing becomes, if hypercritically examined, a question of degree, "_demo unum, demo etiam unum_," and the hundred years become an hour; nought is every thing, and every thing is nought.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Various
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In his general closing remarks, the Crown lawyer claimed that since Kim was denied leave to appeal the negative decision in her Humanitarian & Compassionate Application, this appeal of the PRA should be automatically denied; that the court should not "hypercritically and microscopically dissect" decisions; and that Kim Rivera has already had "more than one turn at bat" (ack, baseball metaphor!) to stay in Canada.
we move to canada 2009
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That’s why they all have to be taken with a grain of salt and read hypercritically.
Does the Atkins diet damage blood vessels? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007
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Besides, it doesn’t get much more hypercritically metatextual, reading a bedtime story that is a bedtime story being read.
The Story of Federigo’s Falcon (Fifth Day, Ninth Tale) | Miette's Bedtime Story Podcast 2005
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"Makes plenty of noise," said the County Court clerk hypercritically, "for
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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Cooke remarks here, somewhat hypercritically as it would seem: “Thais is not called ‘meretrix’ here opprobriously, but to distinguish her from other ladies of the same name, who were not of the same profession.”] [Footnote 58: _A Eunuch_) -- Ver.
The Comedies of Terence Literally Translated into English Prose, with Notes Terence 1847
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