illusionary

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English

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Etymology

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From illusion +‎ -ary.

Adjective

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illusionary (comparative more illusionary, superlative most illusionary)

  1. Illusory; pertaining to an illusion, or of the nature of an illusion.
    • 1980, David Muench, Jerry Flemmons, Texas, page 8:
      It is all illusionary today — the fantasy of cowboyism, the western Yippee Syndrome of spurs that jingle, jangle, jingle, of hats as large as Bangalore parasols, of boots smeared with the residue of cowlots []