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Definition of Delusively
1. Adverb. In a deceptive and unrealistic manner. "The village looked delusively near"
Definition of Delusively
1. Adverb. In a delusive or deluded manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delusively
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delusively
Literary usage of Delusively
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Star of the Wise Men: Being a Commentary on the Second Chapter of St by Richard Chenevix Trench (1850)
"... or rather, does not the very fact of their delusively painting the horizon,
tell of and announce a sun, which is surely travelling up from behind ? ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"The summits are jagged peaks like Alpine " needles," looking in the thin air so
delusively near that, coming on such a scene unprepared ..."
3. Spectrum Analysis by Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1885)
"The summits are jagged peaks like Alpine "needles," looking in the thin air so
delusively near, that, coming on such a scene unprepared, one would almost ..."
4. New Commentaries on the Criminal Law Upon a New System of Legal Exposition by Joel Prentiss Bishop (1892)
"thing delusively believed, is doubtless always a fact to be weighed by the jury.
In Hadfield's case, — acquitted as insane of the high treason of shooting ..."
5. The Difficulties of Romanism by George Stanley Faber (1830)
"... that Christ delusively beheld Satan pre- ' cipitated from heaven, or delusively
heard the voice ' of his Father testifying of him, or was deceived when ..."
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