factitiously

One colleague 'factitiously' suggested that the Final Solution was to euthanize the 'Baby

Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2010

Gradually, if somewhat factitiously, his life is transformed through the experience, and in turn he enriches the lives of the collection of kindly, slightly bruised French types that constitute his circle.

My Afternoons With Marguerite – review Philip French 2010

Brightly quips factitiously, “... what a saving of time and of reason there will be, when, instead of inquiring the past actions and propensities of a man, you have only to run over his head with your fingers and become acquainted with his character at once” (2.3.693).

Feminist Utopianism and Female Sexuality in Joanna Baillie’s Comedies 2008

If one accepts the "Official Version" of the events that occurred on 9/11 or in the days leading up to it, one must conclude that a series of miraclesindeedoccurred ~ suggesting factitiously the hand of higher powers.

Unanswered 9/11 Miracles about To Be Answered 2009

If one accepts the "Official Version" of the events that occurred on 9/11 or in the days leading up to it, one must conclude that a series of miracles occurred ~ suggesting factitiously the hand of higher powers.

STILL UNANSWERED 9/11 MIRACLES 2008

If one accepts the "Official Version" of the events that occurred on 9/11 or in the days leading up to it, one must conclude that a series of miracles occurred ~ suggesting factitiously the hand of higher powers.

UNANSWERED 9/11 MIRACLES 2007

Here, too, it resembles "The Producers," which was a last-gasp homage to the anything-for-a-laugh Borscht Belt schtickery on which the stand-up comedy of my childhood was based, with four-letter words sprinkled on top to give it a factitiously up-to-date air.

The Re-'Producers' 2007

Here, instead of trying to explain the music factitiously by nebulous social ideals, Taruskin shows specifically how the two operas worked within their societies, the solemn ceremony of Orfeo contrasted with the sensational and even pornographic aspect of Poppea.

From the Troubadours to Frank Sinatra Rosen, Charles 2006

Strangely enough, it is very well worth doing, for, though it is even more factitiously Moorish than the Alcazar, it is of almost as great beauty and of greater dignity.

Familiar Spanish Travels 2004

"Dude" may have been made up "factitiously" (I'd like to know the dude who did it), but according to the O.E.D., it first came into vogue in New York about 1883, in connection with what the O.E.D. calls "the 'aesthetic craze' of the day."

Dude, Where's My Dude ? Dudelicious Dissection, From Sontag to Spicoli 2003