Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a realistic manner; in a manner that has regard to the actual appearance of objects or circumstances, or the real facts of existence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a realistic manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
realistic manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a realistic manner
- adverb in a realistic manner
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Examples
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Sir RICHARD BRANSON (Founder, Virgin Group): Somewhere between 18 months and two years, I think, realistically, is when we'll first - well, when Ill first board the spaceship with my children and my parents, and go on the first voyage into space.
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"There realistically is something Utah could do," Perlman said.
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I agree with you actually that the only option realistically is finding a way to make coal work but we are a long long way from that.
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The fact that the collapse process, treated realistically is apparently superluminal and non-local is also considered a problem.
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Whoever provided that lot for their customers, realistically, is providing it for the customers of 19 other stores as well.
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Hopefully, what this storm can do, if people are willing to leave politics out of it & look at the situation realistically, is make us all realize that we do have to take some responsibility for our decisions.
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A beggar, looked at realistically, is simply a businessman, getting his living, like other businessmen, in the way that comes to hand.
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Todd Marshall’s artwork, scattered throughout the book, is great, with accurate, dynamic animals poised in realistically cluttered, detailed environments.
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Todd Marshall’s artwork, scattered throughout the book, is great, with accurate, dynamic animals poised in realistically cluttered, detailed environments.
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The sweet point in the middle of all this is evaluating yourself realistically, which is admittedly rather difficult.
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