fictively
- adverb
- /ˈfɪk.tɪv.li/
- The story is told fictively, allowing the reader to explore a world beyond reality.
Examples
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She described her dreams fictively, as if they were tales from another universe.
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Instead, there is a plain hierarchy of a head dressman (often referred to both respectfully and fictively as dada, or "grandfather"), and two assistants, with the addition of dressmen hired on a daily basis for crowd and dance scenes.
Academic text (2006) -
In the play, the characters interact fictively, creating a narrative that captivates the audience.
Synonyms
To imagine a situation to talk about what might happen
Happens only in stories or in the imagination, not in real life
In a way that shows imagination and looks unreal
In a made-up way that is not real
Happens only in your mind
Antonyms
How Real
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fictively comes from fictive, which comes from the Latin fingere meaning 'to shape' or 'to invent', and it is the same root as fiction. So fictively means doing something 'as if' it were made up or not real, like something from a story.