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# realistically

«realistically» in Mova's school dictionary: **thinking about what can really happen, not wishing** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (realistically)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Realistically means thinking about what can really happen, not wishing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#m1)

2) Realistically means in a way that looks real or true to life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday talk it starts a sensible thought («Realistically, we won't finish today»); in art and stories it describes true-to-life work. Phrases: realistically speaking.

### examples

- Realistically, we can't visit every museum in one day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#x1)
- The painting shows the dog realistically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#x2)
- Realistically, how much can we save each week? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#x3)
- The film shows life in the war realistically. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#x4)
- Realistically, it will take two hours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#x5)
- Realistically, we need more players to win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/realistically/#x6)

### note

Spelling: realistic + ally (realistically). In maths word problems «realistically» asks for a sensible estimate.

### Trees and pragmatics

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