IMAGINARILY
Etymology
Adverb
imaginarily (not comparable)
In an imaginary way, in the imagination.
(obsolete) By way of an image.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*ag"i*na*ri*ly, a.
Definition: In a imaginary manner; in imagination. B. Jonson.
IMAGINARY
Im*ag"i*na*ry, a. Etym: [L. imaginarius: cf. F. imaginaire.]
Definition: Existing only in imagination or fancy; not real; fancied; visionary; ideal. Wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills and fancied tortures Addison. Imaginary calculus See under Calculus.
– Imaginary expression or quantity (Alg.), an algebraic expression which involves the impossible operation of taking the square root of a negative quantity; as, sq. root-9, a + b sq. root-1.
– Imaginary points, lines, surfaces, etc. (Geom.), points, lines, surfaces, etc., imagined to exist, although by reason of certain changes of a figure they have in fact ceased to have a real existence.
Syn.
– Ideal; fanciful; chimerical; visionary; fancied; unreal; illusive.
Im*ag"i*na*ry, n. (Alg.)
Definition: An imaginary expression or quantity.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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