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# ideally

«ideally» in Mova's school dictionary: **in the best possible way or the way you would most like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (ideally)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Ideally means in the best possible way or the way you would most like, if everything were perfect: «Ideally, I'd like a puppy». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#m1)

2) Ideally means perfectly or exactly right for something: «The house is ideally placed near the school». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday speech it introduces a wish that may not happen. In maths and science it can mean «in a perfect model», ignoring small real-world problems. Phrases: «ideally suited», «ideally located», «ideally, we would…».

### examples

- Ideally, we should go to bed by nine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x1)
- Ideally, you'd water the plants every day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x2)
- The cottage is ideally placed near the beach. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x3)
- She is ideally suited to be team captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x4)
- Ideally, a recipe should be easy to follow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x5)
- Ideally the experiment would be repeated three times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x6)
- We'd ideally like sunny weather for sports day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x7)
- Ideally, wash your hands for twenty seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/#x8)

### note

Spelled with two l's: ideal + ly. Often starts a sentence and is followed by a comma. It shows a hope or best case, not a fact.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ideally» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/ideally/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.