Meaning & use
quixotically
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In a way that is idealistic and unrealistic, especially in pursuit of noble but impractical goals.
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He quixotically vowed to end poverty in the city within a year.
The startup quixotically pursued a technology most experts considered impossible.
A note on using this word
Derived from Don Quixote, the deluded but noble-hearted hero of Cervantes's novel who famously tilted at windmills believing them to be giants.
Words with a similar meaning
idealisticallyimpractically
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Words with an opposite meaning
pragmaticallyrealistically
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