Meanings
adverbnonfictionally (not comparable)
alternative non-fictionally
- not comparableIn a nonfictional manner.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeyǵʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰinéǵʰti
- Proto-Italic*θingō
- Proto-Italic*fingō
- Latinfingō
- Latinfictiō
- Old Frenchficcion
- Middle Englishficcioun
- Englishfiction
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishfictional
- Englishnonfictional
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishnonfictionally
From nonfictional + -ly.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
nonfictionally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfictionally
MLA
“nonfictionally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfictionally. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonfictionally,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonfictionally.
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