Definitions for illusory

illusory il·lu·so·ry

Spelling: [ih-loo-suh-ree, -zuh-]
IPA: /ɪˈlu sə ri, -zə-/

Illusory is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 141 anagrams from letters in illusory (illorsuy).

Definitions for illusory

adjective

  1. causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
  2. of the nature of an illusion; unreal.

Origin of illusory

1590-1600; Late Latin illūsōrius, equivalent to illūd(ere) to mock, ridicule (see illusion) + -tōrius -tory1

Examples for illusory

The reality is that it wiped out a lot of illusory gains and replaced them with a lot of illusory losses.

It may be remote, it may be hidden by centuries of illusory nationality, but it must be there.

Its garments too glistened so much the brighter with an illusory magnificence.

The Bush Doctrine recognized the pitfalls of condoning authoritarian governance in exchange for an illusory promise of stability.

Even in healthier states experts warn that the improvement could be illusory.

The fog was making the kind of dimness that has a curious, illusory character.

We still seem driven by hype, by illusory health scares and benefits, by pomp, by the new and trendy, than by taste.

The curative effect on bodily disabilities is thus often an illusory one.

The illusory connection of some insipid narrative is only delusive.

Failing to make an omelet hardly proves that omelets are illusory if nobody has been willing to break some eggs along the way.

Word Value for illusory
Scrable

11

Words with friends

13

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