fictionally
Within made-up tales
In a fictional manner—within the realm of imagination rather than fact.
A character may fictionally commit crimes without the author endorsing them.
The film is fictionally set in 2150.
The adverb often clarifies that something exists only in a story: He fictionally died in season three but returned in season five.
Imaginative mental wandering
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- figmentImagined thing, unreal
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
illusion · mirage · chimera · phantasm · delusion · hallucination · apparition · specter
Traditional explanatory tale
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- fableMoral tale with animals
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- loreTraditional knowledge transmitted orally
folklore · parable · allegory · epic · saga · mythology · fairytale · storybook
Deliberately untrue statement
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
- made-upFabricated, not factual
imagined · devised · conceived · created · constructed · embellished · falsified · feigned
Recounting events aloud
- novelNew and unusual
- proseUnversified language
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
author · narrator · protagonist · antagonist · setting · theme · conflict · climax
fantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
- dreamscapeImagined realm during sleep
- figmentImagined thing, unreal
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
reverie · illusion · mirage · chimera · phantasm · delusion · hallucination · apparition · specter · phantom
myth
Traditional explanatory tale
lore · folklore · parable · allegory · epic · saga · mythology · fairytale · storybook · dragon
fabrication
Deliberately untrue statement
- fabricatedInvented, not real
- concoctedCreated by combining elements
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
made-up · imagined · devised · conceived · created · constructed · embellished · falsified · feigned · pretended
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
characters · author · narrator · protagonist · antagonist · setting · theme · conflict · climax · dialogue
fictionallyfactually
In accordance with reality
really · actually · truly · in reality · in fact
fictionallyhistorically
In past times
documentarily · factually · journalistically · biographically · autobiographically
- fictional characterImaginary person in stories
- fictional worldsImagined settings for stories
- fictional settingInvented place for narrative
- fictional universeImagined setting for narratives
- fictional heroesMade-up admirable characters
- fictional proseImagined stories in writing
fictional, fictionalized, fictionalize, nonfictional, fictionalizing, fictionalization, fictionalizations