"fictiony" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fictiony [comparative], most fictiony [superlative]
Etymology: From fiction + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|fiction|y}} fiction + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} fictiony (comparative more fictiony, superlative most fictiony)
  1. (informal, rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of fiction. Tags: informal, rare Synonyms: fictionish Related terms: science-fictiony
    Sense id: en-fictiony-en-adj-N2q8eIKh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "1927, The Editor: The Journal of Information for Literary Workers:",
          "text": "The taint of being 'fictiony' is, above all, to be avoided.\" *** Harper & Brothers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York, N. Y., and[…]",
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          "ref": "2021, Carla Nappi, Translating Early Modern China: Illegible Cities, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 5:",
          "text": "... scales in each chapter will help you navigate between the bits you can cite when writing your own histories, and the fictiony sparkles enlivening those bits. The fictiony sparkles are happening in the time of the room in which the[…]",
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