apocryphaladjective
uk/əˈpɒk.rɪ.fəl/us/əˈpɑː.krə.fəl/formalAn apocryphal story is probably not true although it is often told and believed by some people to have happened:
an apocryphal story
It's a good story but I dare say it's apocryphal.
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True, real, false, and unreal
- actual
- actuality
- actually
- all that glitters is not gold idiom
- at heart idiom
- faithful
- false
- falsely
- fictional
- fictitious
- glitter
- gritty
- nominal
- pretend
- proper
- properly
- properly speaking idiom
- pukka
- realistic
- well founded
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