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fictitiously

fictitiously

7.2
In a made-up way that is not real
  • adverb
  • /fɪkˈtɪʃəsli/
translation icon : ficticiamente
  • Individuals do not just perform gender roles as a character fictitiously adopts roles for a play; rather, individuals perform roles in relation to their identity and often recreate and reinforce their gender identity through the act of performing.

Examples

  • So what was the essence of these unilateral orders that can now be fictitiously thought of as laws?

    Academic text (2006)

  • He fictitiously aligned the church nave, piazza, and obelisk with his new avenue, shifting the church to align with the urban axis.

    Academic text (2006)

  • In addition to accurately reported information, certain situations, characters, and events portrayed in the blog are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

    Blog text (28)

  • The place I have fictitiously named Lavialle, where I did my first fieldwork, is located in a mountain valley in the Auvergne region of central France.

    Academic text (1993)

  • 23 Hayford, indeed, fictitiously depicted a national university that would undertake to salvage the national heritage, for he said, "the salvation of a people depended upon education."

    Academic text (1995)

  • Focus group participants (N=128) were recruited from senior centers, religious organizations, beauty salons, barber shops, and public housing in two Alabama Black Belt counties, fictitiously named Blacksville and Forestville.

    Academic text (2006)

  • All names and characters are either invented or used fictitiously.

  • This is a work of fiction; all events and characters are used fictitiously.

  • In the story, events and details are presented fictitiously to enhance the narrative.

Synonyms

fictionally
vsfictitiously
1 5.5

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

is broader, applying to any invented or not real manner beyond stories
fictively
vsfictitiously
8.4

In a way that is imagined and not real

is more general, meaning invented or not real rather than like a story
imaginarily
vsfictitiously
7.7

Happens only in your mind

can also mean invented more generally, not only existing in the imagination

Antonyms

realistically
68 3.9

In a way that accepts the true facts and what is possible

How Real

actually
∞ 1.0
fictitiously
7.2

Surface Forms

fictitiously positive

Morphology

fictitiously = fictitious (transparent) = fictitious + ly

A regular adverb formed by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'fictitious'; meaning is directly 'in a fictitious manner'.

Etymology

Fictitiously comes from fiction, and that word goes back to the Latin fingere, meaning 'to shape' or 'to make up'. So if something is done fictitiously, it is done in a 'made-up' or imaginary way, not real.