quixotic
adjective
(of a goal, action, or impulse) characterized by impractical idealism or by extravagant chivalry and romantic imagination.
quixotically
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a word derived from
quixotic.
Example Sentences
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Handsome and tall, he was the charismatic dreamer, a “Royal Tenenbaum,” of a patriarch, as his son describes it, quixotically leading his family on its various capers.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
One rider that he befriended, Eric Miller, introduced him around and they began to conceive, a little quixotically, of a movie.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2021
While modern tech geeks covet the latest novelties—brighter! faster! newer!—these dogged audiophiles are quixotically focused on tracking down the right thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2018
From the moment he first appears in the new film “The Comedian” as the washed-up stand-up Jackie Burke — quixotically self-loathing, unapologetically hacky, at times ferociously funny — Robert De Niro's presence poses a question.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
Some state legislators from northern Virginia’s affluent suburbs have argued that this is a form of geographic discrimination and have quixotically proposed bills to outlaw it.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
