Hypertext Webster Gateway: "illusory"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Illusory \Il*lu"so*ry\, a. [Cf. F. illusore.]
Deceiving, or tending of deceive; fallacious; illusive; as,
illusory promises or hopes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
illusory
adj : based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive
hopes of of finding a better job"; "Secret activities
offer presidents the alluring but often illusory
promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals
without the bothersome debate and open decision that
are staples of democracy" [syn: {illusive}]
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