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realistically

American  
[ree-uh-lis-tik-lee] / ˌri əˈlɪs tɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a practical way.

  2. in a way that reflects reality.


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“Who realistically is going to be in this movie? I don’t know. A guy who might be a little bit like John Turturro, if I’m lucky.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

What signs of mutual interest or comfort should someone realistically look for before taking that step?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Citi says margins could realistically be negative given fixed-cost absorption, high raw-material headwinds and worse-than-consensus volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Previously, connecting huge numbers of informal social media posts with standardized medical terminology required enormous amounts of work, limiting how much data researchers could realistically analyze.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

In the last 10 of it, I would say I realistically experienced the physical, mental, and emotional reality of the Stone Age.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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