illusory

Modifying Another Word

• largely: By the 1960s, however, these expectations had proved largely illusory.
• somewhat: That, he said, would be " somewhat illusory.
• entirely: Otherwise, any apparent effect may prove to be entirely illusory.
• not: There's no gravity, but they do refer to real space, not illusory space.
• often: Except that this insulation, this security, is often illusory.
• merely: Of course, there are those who claim that digital offers no real step change and that this concept of choice is merely illusory.

Infinitive complement

• think: It is illusory to think people will have a sense of duty or loyalty to their local church.
• assume: But then it is, perhaps, illusory to assume that any kind of permanence can be achieved in international politics.

Modifies a noun

• contour: A note on a second stage in the formation of illusory contours.
• nature: Both sides learn a hard lesson about the illusory nature of online privacy.
• sense: In such a way an illusory sense of uniformity is maintained.
• security: Furthermore, readers should consider the effects of illusory security which may be inherent with a protected subsystem.
• world: All of these ways of thinking belong to the illusory world of duality.
• space: There's no gravity, but they do refer to real space, not illusory space.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: By the 1960s, however, these expectations had proved largely illusory.
• seem: Tulip had also just seen what had happened yet it seemed so illusory.
• become: If workers are prevented from so doing the freedom to belong to a trade union becomes illusory ' .
• render: Many of these would be meaningless unless the Allianz construction were adopted because the apparent cover for partial loss would otherwise be rendered illusory.
• appear: Elsewhere, as in Egypt and Algeria, the advent of an Islamic order never came to pass and appeared illusory.
• remain: While the benefits of GM crops remain illusory, the success and benefits of ecological, natural farming systems are well documented.