notionally
- a word derived from notional.
Example Sentences
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It was first put on display at the Patent Office in 1841, notionally in a place of honor but, unfortunately, across from a large window.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Pricing could be a challenge: Zepbound and Wegovy are both expensive enough on their own, and taking an Arrowhead drug on top of those prescriptions would notionally mean a significant add-on to that price.
From Barron's • Jan. 6, 2026
The 372 seats notionally won by the Conservatives is seven more than they actually won in 2019.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024
I’m even notionally sympathetic to the idea that his “Elvis” performance works in context, that it makes you recoil to exactly the degree that it should.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2022
Where bloated pride, in sullen majesty, And drowsy pomp sits notionally great, While she on every stranger shuts her gate.
From A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington by Pye, Charles
