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factitious
Part of speech: AdjectiveArtificial; sham; not natural.
Part of speech: AdverbFactitiously.
Part of speech: NounFactitiousness.
Usage examples "factitious":- It was the factitious Paul Mole who stole the ring and who stood for one moment gazing into clever citizen Chauvelin's eyes. - "The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel", Baroness Orczy.
- But some of the gentlemen, who travelled over the island, and examined many of them, were of opinion that the stone of which they were made, was different from any they saw on the island, and had much the appearance of being factitious. - "A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World, Volume 1", James Cook.
- And yet the halo is not altogether factitious. - "The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller", Calvin Thomas.