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fictionally

  • a word derived from fiction.
    fiction
    noun
    the class of literature comprising works of imaginative narration, especially in prose form.
  • a word derived from fictional.
    fictional
    adjective
    invented as part of a work of fiction.

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Or, fictionally, the Riders of Rohan sweeping down on the besieged city of Gondor.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 11, 2025

Pathos not being much of a dramatic engine, Wright works very hard, if fictionally, to crank up the stakes.

From New York Times Apr. 24, 2023

It is generally awarded for work in a foreign country - James Bond, who Craig plays in the film franchise, was fictionally given the same honour.

From BBC Dec. 31, 2021

That's going to be fun going forward, because you've had 20 years of negligence in a medical examiner system, like I have fictionally in this particular scenario.

From Salon Dec. 22, 2021

Likewise, the fictionally significant aspect of a situation is that it displays opposed persons—or at least opposed forces—in conflict.

From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst