fictitiously

1. 1.

   in a false manner intended to mislead
2. 2.

   in a fictional manner (created by the imagination)

Questions about fictitiously

What does fictitiously mean?

fictitiously means "in a false manner intended to mislead". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fictitiously?

fictitiously has 5 syllables and divides as fic-ti-ti-ou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is fictitiously a common word?

fictitiously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.