Imaginarily vs. Imaginary
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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
