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Illusionistic vs Illusionistically - What's the difference?

illusionistic | illusionistically |

As an adjective illusionistic

is tending to create an illusion.

As an adverb illusionistically is

in an illusionistic manner.

illusionistic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to create an illusion.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 6, author=Ken Johnson, title=Young Wizard of the Canvas Who Left the Masters Speechless, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Many have illusionistic carved stone frames, which make them seem like windows to the outdoors.}}

    illusionistically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an illusionistic manner.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 27, author=Holland Cotter, title=Off the Page and in the Air, Drawing Transformed, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Sometimes these patterns illusionistically swell into lumps or sink into pockets; occasionally, lines will suddenly stop in the middle of nowhere, skip a beat in unison, then move on, leaving a strip of unmarked space like a tear in the surface, with light showing through. }}