Fictitiously

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a fictitious manner.

    "Since the term 'imagination,' absolutely in a grammatical sense, means a certain, definite idea, that is, an affection of the mind, representative or implying a representation, in the same way I acknowledge that nothing physical, or even in any sense moral, could be conceived by the mind, or could be understood precisely, if not by means of a figurable example: and not only, as they say in the schools, concretely, but especially individually: for at the lowest degree, this can be done vaguely and even fictitiously by an arbitrary representation, which is nevertheless figuarable or imaginable."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a fictional manner (created by the imagination) wordnet
  2. 2
    in a false manner intended to mislead wordnet

Example

More examples

"Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously."

Etymology

From fictitious + -ly.

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