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Grammar : Adj
Spell : fik-shuh n-l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪk ʃən l



Definition of fictional

Origin :
  • "pertaining to fiction," 1843, from fiction + -al (1). Earlier fictitious also was used in this sense (1773).
  • adj fictitious
Example sentences :
  • While 'Stephen Poore' is a fictional character, he is real enough in some ways.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • Dropping my fictional plans for the time I became the historian.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • In turn, these affect the behavior of characters in the fictional world.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • The animal, awake, has no fictional escape from the Real because he has no imagination.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • She left him waiting in the hall, while she went to make her fictional enquiries.
  • Extract from : « The Kingdom Round the Corner » by Coningsby Dawson
  • It is simply a fictional background for a series of fiction-stories.
  • Extract from : « The Hyborian Age » by Robert E. Howard
  • “There are two kinds of fictional detectives, my dear girl,” Keeley told her.
  • Extract from : « The Deep Lake Mystery » by Carolyn Wells
  • They are fictional and in a sense only parts of the territory.
  • Extract from : « International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2) » by Lassa Francis Oppenheim
  • A new name in fictional literature is that of Ethel Powelson Hueston.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Gold » by Various
  • What would the ex-haberdasher do, shorn of his fictional explanation?
  • Extract from : « Seven Keys to Baldpate » by Earl Derr Biggers

Synonyms for fictional

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