illusory
adjective
causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
illusorily
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a word derived from
illusory.
Example Sentences
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His whole career seems faintly — perhaps illusorily — present in this grim but starkly beautiful trek, kind of shimmering on the horizon like a mirage.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2011
As the stage of avidyâ is passed its luminous character shines forth, for it is the ultimate truth which only illusorily appeared as the many of the world.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
This kriyâs'akti of the aha@mkâra is illusorily imposed upon the self, and as a result of that the self appears to be an active agent in knowing and willing.
From A History of Indian Philosophy, Volume 1 by Surendranath Dasgupta
Look,” and he produced from his breast pocket a bulky note-book illusorily inscribed “engagements.”
From When William Came by Saki
He attacked the fascinating, but of course demonstrably insolvable, problem of painting sunlight, not illusorily, as Fortuny had done by relying on contrasts of light and dark correspondent in scale, but positively and realistically.
From French Art Classic and Contemporary Painting and Sculpture by W. C. (William Crary) Brownell
