exaggeratedly

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Male wolf spiders are especially vulnerable to birds when they try to woo a mate with a flashy display, which involves drumming their exaggeratedly furry front legs on the leaves in front of them.

From Science Daily • Jan. 17, 2024

The star of “Westworld” and “Sonic the Hedgehog” has a recurring role in “Jury Duty,” playing an exaggeratedly arrogant, pretentious version of himself who is ordered to be a backup juror for the trial.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2023

Ultimate motivations we’ll refrain from, but note that Hugh Grant’s Forge is played to exaggeratedly manipulative lengths.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2023

To normies, this may seem like mild criticism, but in the exaggeratedly polite way of famous people, it is a WWE-style smackdown.

From Washington Post • Oct. 29, 2022

But if you were to see me nod and smile exaggeratedly, with the corners of my lips tightened, you would take it that I had been teased and was responding sarcastically.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell