🐉 Like a legend 🏔️ Extremely impressive

mythically

7.1

In the way told in old stories or legends

adverb
/ˈmɪθɪkli/

: míticamente

Examples

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The story of the hero who fought dragons and saved kingdoms is often told mythically at children's bedtime.
Many ancient texts explain mythically the origins of the world through elaborate tales of gods and goddesses.
In the film, the protagonist is mythically portrayed as a legendary warrior who brings peace to his people.

Synonyms

magically

vsmythically

98 4.3

In a way that seems impossible and happens suddenly

applies to legends and stories rather than literal magical forces

supernaturally

vsmythically

4 7.9

In a way that nature cannot explain

is tied to legends and magical stories rather than general unexplained forces

fictionally

vsmythically

1 5.5

Happens only in stories or in the imagination, not in real life

is specific to legends and magical storytelling rather than any fiction

legendarily

vsmythically

1 7.0

In a very famous way because many people tell stories about it

relates to legends and magical stories rather than fame

How Mythical

legendarily

1 7.0

mythically

7.1

fancifully

1 5.7

Surface Forms

mythically positive

Morphology

mythically = mythic (transparent) = myth + ic + ly

The word is a regular adverbial formation from 'mythic', whose meaning is directly recoverable from 'myth' + '-ic'.

Etymology

Mythically comes from myth, an old word for a 'story' or 'tale' about gods and heroes, plus the endings -ical and -ly. So, mythically means 'in the way of a myth', that is, told like a legend or connected to magical stories.