fictionally

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adverb

In a fictional manner.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English fictional →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adverbfictionally (comparative more fictionally, superlative most fictionally)

comparative more fictionally · superlative most fictionally

  1. In a fictional manner.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
  3. Proto-Italic*θingō
  4. Proto-Italic*fingō
  5. Latinfingō
  6. Latinfictiō
  7. Old Frenchficcion
  8. Middle Englishficcioun
  9. Englishfiction
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishfictional
  13. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  14. Proto-Germanic*līką
  15. Englishfictionally

From fictional + -ly.

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APA

fictionally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionally

MLA

“fictionally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionally. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fictionally,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fictionally.

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