— realistically , adv.
/ree'euh lis"tik/ , adj.
1. interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
2. pertaining to, characterized by, or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.
3. resembling or simulating real life: a duck hunter skilled at making realistic decoys.
4. Philos. of or pertaining to realists or realism.
[ 1855-60; REALIST + -IC ]
Syn. 1. pragmatic, common-sense, hard-headed, sensible.