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Another word for fictitiously

Choosing another word for fictitiously depends on context, so the synonyms and similar words below are separated across 2 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• adverb (Context 1)

In a manner that is invented, fabricated, or not real, often for the purpose of deception or concealment.

Usage Example

"The auditor discovered that several shell companies had been falsely registered to conceal the missing funds."

Strongest
falsely
Strong
fraudulently
spuriously
feignedly
deceptively
apocryphally

• adverb (Context 2)

By way of imaginative creation or literary fiction rather than historical fact.

Usage Example

"The historical events were fictionally recreated by the playwright to add dramatic tension to the final act."

Strongest
fictionally
Strong
imaginatively
mythically

Opposites of fictitiously

The opposite of fictitiously shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

genuinely
factually
authentically
truthfully
historically
literally
actually
veritably
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