Illusory
[ɪ'l(j)uːs(ə)rɪ] or [ɪ'lusəri]
Definition
(a.) Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as, illusory promises or hopes.
Typist: Tyler
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Deceptive, deceitful, delusive, fallacious.
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Examples
- Both he and his illusory greatness were the results of the matrimonial statecraft of his grandfather, the Emperor Maximilian I (born 1459, died 1519). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- She had only time to feel that all this was hazy and perhaps illusory; but one thing was clear and determined--her answer. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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