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fictiously

fictiously adverb: in a fictious way; fictitiously.

Adverb

fictiously (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) In a fictious way; fictitiously.
    • ‘I put the question fictiously, knowing what must be the answer.’1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book V, chapter 51

Origin of fictiously

From fictious + -ly.

Questions about fictiously

What does fictiously mean?
Fictiously means in a fictious way; fictitiously.
What part of speech is fictiously?
Fictiously is an adverb.

Words near fictiously in the dictionary

  1. fictionmonger
  2. fictionmongers
  3. fictions
  4. fictiony
  5. fictious
  6. fictiously
  7. fictitional
  8. fictitious
  9. fictitious force
  10. fictitious forces
  11. fictitious person

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