different between epic vs epically

English

Alternative forms

• epick (archaic)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /??p.?k/
• Rhymes: -?p?k

Etymology 1

From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (epikós), from ???? (épos, “word, story”).

Noun

epic (plural epics)

1. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.

2. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic.

3. (computing) In software development, a large or extended user story.

Synonyms

• épopée
• epos

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

epic (comparative more epic, superlative most epic)

1. Of or relating to an epic.

   Synonym: epical

   • 1983, Jan Knappert, Epic Poetry in Swahili and other African Languages, p. 58:

     The main theme of epic poetry is, of course, the hero, his life, his greatness of character, his deeds and his death.

2. Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character

   • China's epic traffic jam "vanished" [title of article]

3. (colloquial, slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.

   Synonyms: extraordinary, momentous, remarkable

Derived terms

• epically
• epicness
• epic fail

Translations

Etymology 2

From epi-, from Ancient Greek ??? (epí, “on top of”).

Adjective

epic (not comparable)

1. (category theory, of a morphism) That is an epimorphism.

Anagrams

• ECPI, pice

Danish

Etymology

From English epic, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (epikós), from ???? (épos, “word, story”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p?k/

Adjective

epic (neuter epic, plural and definite singular attributive epic)

1. (slang, informal) Extending beyond the usual or ordinary; extraordinary, momentous, great.

   Det var virkeligt epic.

Romanian

Etymology

From French épique, from Latin epicus.

Adjective

epic m or n (feminine singular epic?, masculine plural epici, feminine and neuter plural epice)

1. epic

Declension

English

Etymology

epic +? -ally or epical +? -ly

Adverb

epically (comparative more epically, superlative most epically)

1. In an epic manner; in the stype of an epic
2. (informal) Extremely; very; significantly.
   • 2007, Todd Balf, "Critical Mess", Bicycling, November 2007:

     It is a rare sunny afternoon in an epically miserable London June when the wide South Bank plaza area along the Thames near Waterloo Bridge begins filling with bicycle riders.

   • 2008, Rachel Maude, Poseur: The Good, the Fab and the Ugly, Poppy (2008), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     Due to some epically drunk behavior at his sister's Prada fashion thing the weekend before last, he'd somehow cheated on his supremely hot, now ex-girlfriend, […]

   • 2008, Joe Stretch, Friction, Vintage (2008), ?ISBN, page 144:

     They stopped discussing them because it usually meant epically dull speeches from Steve on market fluctuations and innovations in Internet trading.

   • 2012, Penny Vincenzi, More Than You Know, Doubleday (2012), ?ISBN, unnumbered page:

     […] I've been so stupid, so epically stupid and selfish and cruel and …"