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illusionistically

illusionistically adverb: in an illusionistic manner.

Adverb

illusionistically (comparative more illusionistically, superlative most illusionistically)

  1. In an illusionistic manner.
    • Sometimes these patterns illusionistically swell into lumps or sink into pockets; occasionally, lines will suddenly stop in the middle of nowhere, skip a beat in unison, then move on, leaving a strip of unmarked space like a tear in the surface, with light showing through.2007 April 27, Holland Cotter, “Off the Page and in the Air, Drawing Transformed”, in New York Times

Forms of illusionistically

comparativemore illusionistically
superlativemost illusionistically

Origin of illusionistically

From illusionistic + -ally.

Questions about illusionistically

What does illusionistically mean?
Illusionistically means in an illusionistic manner.
What part of speech is illusionistically?
Illusionistically is an adverb.

Words near illusionistically in the dictionary

  1. illusionettes
  2. illusionism
  3. illusionisms
  4. illusionist
  5. illusionistic
  6. illusionistically
  7. illusionists
  8. illusionless
  9. illusionlessness
  10. illusionlike
  11. illusions

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