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I agree that hyperbole is always to be avoided (though this is surely at the lower end of any scale). Judges should avoid it too: ‘I am wholly persuaded’.; ‘I have no hesitation in rejecting’, ‘I emphatically reject’ etc; as should lawyers: ‘my clients will vigorously defend’.
Was it not Hemingway who weeded out all adverbs. If they are to be used at all, it must be with care.