Definition of unrealistically in English:
unrealistically
adverbˌʌnrɪəˈlɪstɪkliˌənˌriəˈlɪstɪk(ə)li
In a way that does not show a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected.
as submodifier unrealistically optimistic plans
sentence adverb what she wanted, perhaps unrealistically, was for him to come home
Example sentencesExamples
- Making a game unrealistically difficult will only frustrate a player.
- Rhetorical arguments, often unrealistically extreme, hold sway.
- The project was probably doomed on the drawing board by an unrealistically ambitious plan.
- Forecasts of its demise are based on unrealistically low economic growth estimates.
- In a panel depicting Saint John in the Desert, logical proportion and perspective are disregarded, and colour is limited, unrealistically, to red and green.
Definition of unrealistically in US English:
unrealistically
adverbˌənˌrēəˈlistik(ə)lēˌənˌriəˈlɪstɪk(ə)li
In a way that does not show a sensible and practical idea of what can be achieved or expected.
as submodifier unrealistically optimistic plans
sentence adverb what she wanted, perhaps unrealistically, was for him to come home
Example sentencesExamples
- Forecasts of its demise are based on unrealistically low economic growth estimates.
- In a panel depicting Saint John in the Desert, logical proportion and perspective are disregarded, and colour is limited, unrealistically, to red and green.
- The project was probably doomed on the drawing board by an unrealistically ambitious plan.
- Rhetorical arguments, often unrealistically extreme, hold sway.
- Making a game unrealistically difficult will only frustrate a player.