Meaning & use
realistically
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in a way that shows an awareness of things as they actually are, rather than as one might wish them to be.
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Realistically, we won't finish the project before the deadline.
The artist painted the fruit bowl so realistically that it looked almost photographic.
A note on using this word
Often placed at the start of a sentence to signal a practical, grounded assessment before delivering possibly unwelcome news.
Words with a similar meaning
practicallyreasonably
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Words with an opposite meaning
unrealistically
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