Meaning & use
Illusionary
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Based on or having the nature of an illusion; not real, though appearing to be.
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The desert traveler chased an illusionary pool of water on the horizon.
Critics called the company's growth figures illusionary, propped up by accounting tricks.
A note on using this word
Illusionary is a close variant of illusory; many style guides prefer illusory, but illusionary appears frequently in both formal and informal writing.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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