Meanings
comparative more illusionary · superlative most illusionary
- Illusory; pertaining to an illusion, or of the nature of an illusion.
It is all illusionary today — the fantasy of cowboyism, the western Yippee Syndrome of spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, of hats as large as Bangalore parasols, of boots smeared with the residue of cowlots […]
1980, David Muench, Jerry Flemmons, Texas, page 8
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivemarked by or producing illusion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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