realistic

realistic
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.

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