delusion
noun
an act or instance of deluding.
Example Sentences
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The water resting on the verge of the lovely Isle was as delusively clear, but was not deceptive.
From Tropic Days by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
That man thinks much too highly, and therefore he thinks weakly and delusively, of any contrivance of human wisdom, who believes that it can make any sort of approach to perfection.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
The past, of which he had delusively believed himself to be master long ago, ever stretched its spectre-like form in front of him with more threatening mien.
From The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann
That man thinks much too highly, and therefore he thinks weakly and delusively, of any contrivance of human wisdom, who believes that it can make any sort of approach to perfection.
From Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. by Henry Morley
On the other hand, Cardigan, which looks delusively like a shortened Caer, has really nothing to do with this group of ancient names, being a mere corruption of Ceredigion.
From Science in Arcady by Grant Allen
