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  • adverb In a delusional way.

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Examples

  • Rather than trying to switch to a strategy that might reduce the damage or heaven forbid actually work to ease tensions in the region, Bush chose to provide a report including what have been called delusionally inaccurate accounts of progress, blame the American people for having war fatigue and again make the long ago debunked assertion that the Iraqis are the same people who attacked us on September 11, 2001.

    No Surprises--Kirk Votes to Support Bush and Lied About Intelligence--and Footlik Gives His Story to the Wrong Person Ellen Beth Gill 2007

  • Rather than trying to switch to a strategy that might reduce the damage or heaven forbid actually work to ease tensions in the region, Bush chose to provide a report including what have been called delusionally inaccurate accounts of progress, blame the American people for having war fatigue and again make the long ago debunked assertion that the Iraqis are the same people who attacked us on September 11, 2001.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Ellen Beth Gill 2007

  • In between, he lost a fortune - "delusionally" said the official receiver - in a tornado of extravagance, going bankrupt in 1975 to the tune of £960,000.

    The Guardian World News Edward Pearce 2011

  • When it comes to using a cell phone while driving, most American drivers are often delusionally overconfident about their ability to do it safely.

    John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

  • When it comes to using a cell phone while driving, most American drivers are often delusionally overconfident about their ability to do it safely.

    John B. Townsend II: The Lake Wobegon Effect and the Cell Phone Ban John B. Townsend II 2011

  • You can delusionally refute that all you want, but it's still true. ken

    CNN Poll: Americans think Sanford should resign 2009

  • These are the hormone-driven antics of four misfit high-schoolers — pretentious buffoon Will, handsome dolt Simon, delusionally arrogant Jay and dim-bulb Neil — who major in the comedy of mortification, as their plans for sexual conquest and social advancement invariably collapse in the most embarrassing ways imaginable.

    Matt's Weekend Picks: June 17-19 2011

  • The Toccata finale to Prokofiev's 7th Piano Sonata, for example, would make a great break-up song, except that the timing and historical wherewithal of its composition would make that either wildly inappropriate or delusionally self-aggrandizing.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009

  • These are the hormone-driven antics of four misfit high-schoolers — pretentious buffoon Will, handsome dolt Simon, delusionally arrogant Jay and dim-bulb Neil — who major in the comedy of mortification, as their plans for sexual conquest and social advancement invariably collapse in the most embarrassing ways imaginable.

    Matt's Weekend Picks: June 17-19 2011

  • Sue Heck on The Middle, delusionally fretting about two-timing her brother's jock friend and her effeminate ex, neither of whom are interested in her. ...

    Matt's TV Week in Review 2010

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