rea ‧ lis ‧ tic ‧ ally /rɪəˈlɪstɪkli/ BrE AmE adverb
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ realism , ↑ realist , ↑ reality , ↑ unreality , ↑ realization ; adverb : ↑ real , ↑ really , ↑ realistically ≠ ↑ unrealistically ; adjective : ↑ real , ↑ unreal , ↑ realistic ≠ ↑ unrealistic ; verb : ↑ realize ]
1 . if you think about something realistically, you think about it in a practical way and according to what is actually possible:
You can’t realistically expect to win the whole competition.
[sentence adverb]
Realistically, we’re not going to get this finished this week.
2 . if you describe or show something realistically, you describe or show it as it is in real life:
realistically painted toy soldiers
The novel realistically depicts immigrant life at the beginning of the last century