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🧠 Fact-based thinking 🦖 Lifelike manner
realistically

realistically

7 3.7
In a way that looks like the thing itself
  • adverb
  • /ˌriːəˈlɪstɪkli/
translation icon : de forma realista
  • "We're trying to produce images that show more realistically the actual conditions of the time," Chalmers said.
  • depict realistically
  • render realistically
  • portray realistically

Examples

  • By setting small individual goals and by making them realistically achievable, your interim successes will keep you motivated.

    Blog text (26)

  • His colorful, realistically rendered composition depicts three carefree-looking young people laughingly walking down a city street.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Teachers can lead students in discussing why the character is or is not portrayed realistically.

    Academic text (2000)

  • We'd had devil movies before, but nothing as realistically portrayed as this one.

    Blog text (20)

  • Long-term ecological studies provide unique opportunities to study resource-consumer relationships in realistically complex natural settings.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Special light effects make flames and flashing blue lights flicker realistically and illuminate the surroundings.

    Blog text (20)

  • The team designed the project to realistically reflect the challenges faced by modern families.

  • In his speech, he presented the facts realistically, ensuring everyone understood the true state of affairs.

  • The movie aims to portray historical events realistically, capturing the harsh realities of war.

Synonyms

true to life
vsrealistically
3 4.1

Very similar to real life in looks and detail

is the adverb form that describes how an action is done lifelike

Antonyms

unrealistically
4 4.7

In a way that is not likely to happen or work

How Realistic

realistically
7 3.7
loosely
43 3.7
abstractly
4 7.4

Surface Forms

realistically positive

Morphology

realistically = realistic (transparent) = realistic + ally

The adverb is formed by the regular addition of the productive adverbial suffix 'ally' to the adjective 'realistic', so the step is directly predictable.

Etymology

Realistically comes from the simple word real ('actual' or 'like real life') plus the ending -ly that means 'in a way', so it literally means 'in a real, lifelike way', as when a film or painting looks like real life.