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imaginarily

imaginarily

7.7
Happens only in your mind
  • adverb
  • /ɪˈmædʒɪnɛrɪli/
translation icon : imaginariamente
  • He imaginarily recreated the scene in his mind, picturing every detail as if it were real.

Examples

  • In her daydream, she imaginarily traveled to distant planets filled with beautiful landscapes.

  • We might be sentimental, imaginarily identifying with the recipients of the declarations of love, or we might sneer out of antisentimentality.

    Academic text (1998)

  • The artist imaginarily brought his characters to life, making them seem as if they were standing right in front of him.

Synonyms

fictionally
vsimaginarily
1 5.5

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

is used for ideas that exist only in the imagination and not only in stories
surreally
vsimaginarily
1 7.0

In a strange way that feels like a dream

stresses unusual or bizarre aspects instead of simple imagined being
fictitiously
vsimaginarily
7.2

In a made-up way that is not real

is about things existing only in the imagination rather than reality
fictively
vsimaginarily
8.4

In a way that is imagined and not real

is broader and covers any mental image that does not exist in reality
phantasmically
vsimaginarily
  • Literature
9.9

In a way that seems like a ghost or a dream

focuses on having a dreamlike or ghostly feel rather than plain imagined existence

How Real

actually
∞ 1.0
apparently
∞ 2.8
imaginarily
7.7

Surface Forms

imaginarily positive

Morphology

imaginarily = imaginary (transparent) = imaginary + ly

Clear and regular adverbial formation from the adjective 'imaginary' using the productive suffix '-ly'.

Etymology

The word imaginarily comes from imagine, which means 'to form a picture in your mind'. So to do something imaginarily is to do it only in your mind, like a child playing with an invisible friend.