fictitiously

In made-up fashion

Fictitiously means in a manner that is invented, imagined, or not real.

Something presented fictitiously is fabricated rather than factual: The memoir was later revealed to have been fictitiously embellished.

It can also mean under a false name or identity: She traveled fictitiously to avoid the press.

pretense

assumedly

By reasonable supposition

allegedly · purportedly · professedly · seemingly · apparently · theatrically · performatively · role-playing · masquerading · impersonating

fabricated

falsely

Contrary to fact

dishonestly · forged · inauthentically · misleadingly · falsified · apocryphal · invented · concocted · manufactured · trumped-up

imaginary

fantastically

To a wondrous extent

dreamlike · illusory · chimerical · whimsically · surreally · phantasmagorically · visionary · ethereally · make-believe · invented

Opposites
truth/reality

fictitiouslytruthfully

Without deception or lies

factually · actually · really · honestly · accurately

authenticity/genuineness

fictitiouslygenuinely

In a real manner

legitimately · authentically · fairly · truly · validly

Phrases
Family

fictitious, fictitiousness

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