"fictionish" meaning in English

See fictionish in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more fictionish [comparative], most fictionish [superlative]
Etymology: fiction + -ish Etymology templates: {{suf|en|fiction|ish}} fiction + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} fictionish (comparative more fictionish, superlative most fictionish)
  1. (informal, rare) Similar to fiction. Tags: informal, rare Synonyms: fictiony Related terms: pulp-fictionish, science-fictionish
    Sense id: en-fictionish-en-adj-La5Pd7Wm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish

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          "ref": "1908, Maria Price La Touche, The Letters of a Noble Woman (Mrs. La Touche of Harristown), page 188",
          "text": "The only fictionish thing about it is his having written it in the first person as he tells the reader plainly. Personally, I own I never heard of Gerald O'Connor before. But that's because I always turned a deaf ear to all the[…]",
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