notionally
Adverb
Meaning
In mental apprehension; in conception; not in reality.
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Notionally a left-wing movement, the Anti-Germans were born after the collapse of the Berlin wall. While most Germans rejoiced at the end of the Cold War, the Anti-Germans feared that a united Germany might lead to a fourth Reich - and a return of anti-Semitism.
As such they notionally held the prerogative powers of the monarch, and also held the executive power of the country to which they were assigned.
For instance, a company may be notionally profitable but generating little operational cash (as may be the case for a company that barters its products rather than selling for cash).
Each block is named according to the subshell in which the "last" electron notionally resides.
Take, for instance, "The Game of Rat and Dragon" (1956), which notionally takes place 3,000 years on from "Scanners Live in Vain".
Cancelled in 2013 before the notionally planned 2015 launch date.