• Factitiously

    Origin

    From factitious and -ly.

    Full definition of factitiously

    Adverb

    factitiously

    1. In a factitious manner.
      • 1871, Hardy, Desperate remedies,'Well, darling, how are you? I am glad you have come in to see me,' said Miss Aldclyffe. 'You can unlock the bag this morning, child, if you like,' she continued, yawning factitiously.
      • 1878, Hardy, The Return of the Native,A true Tartarean dignity sat upon her brow, and not factitiously or with marks of constraint, for it had grown in her with years.
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