Imaginarily vs. Imaginary

Imaginarily vs. Imaginary — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Imaginarily and Imaginary

Imaginarilyadverb

In an imaginary way, in the imagination.

Imaginaryadjective

Existing only in the imagination.

Santa Claus is imaginary.

Imaginarilyadverb

(obsolete) By way of an image.

Imaginaryadjective

Having no real part; that part of a complex number which is a multiple of the square root of -1.

Imaginarynoun

Imagination; fancy.

Imaginarynoun

(mathematics) An imaginary quantity.

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Imaginarynoun

(sociology) The set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society through which people imagine their social whole.

Imaginaryadjective

not based on fact; dubious;

the falsehood about some fanciful secret treatiesa small child's imaginary friendsher imagined fameto create a notional world for oneself