phantasmagoria
noun
a shifting series of phantasms, illusions, or deceptive appearances, as in a dream or as created by the imagination.
phantasmagorically
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a word derived from
phantasmagoria.
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a word derived from
phantasmagoric.
phantasmagoricadjectivehaving a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Cojocaru had grown up in Nucsoara, but only as he walked the hills and ancient pastures did he notice the trees: beeches, phantasmagorically gnarled giants, some as old as 500 years.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
I write today for a reader who exists in my mind only phantasmagorically.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
I confess that most men I have seen seem to me phantasmagorically walking the earth, their lives haunting them, hanging intangibly about them—indefinitely postponed.
From The Lost Art of Reading by Gerald Stanley Lee
Events passed phantasmagorically before his memory, yet always their meaning seemed to tantalize and elude him.
From In the Brooding Wild by Ridgwell Cullum
