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illusionistically en · ADV

Etymology

From illusionistic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In an illusionistic manner.
   • Sometimes these patterns illusionistically swell into lumps or sink into pockets; occasionally, lines will suddenly stop in the middle of nowhere, skip a beat in unison, then move on, leaving a strip of unmarked space like a tear in the surface, with light showing through. 2007 April 27, Holland Cotter, “Off the Page and in the Air, Drawing Transformed”, in New York Times:

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