realisticallyadverb
uk/ˌrɪəˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/us/ˌriː.əˈlɪs.tɪ.kəl.i/C2 according to the facts and what is possible:
Realistically speaking, he hadn't a hope, but that didn't stop him trying.
C1 in a way that seems as if it exists:
He was made up very realistically to look like an old woman.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- sensible
- wise
- wisely
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