chimerical

chimerical
chimerically, adv.
/ki mer"i keuhl, -mear"-, kuy-/, adj.
1. unreal; imaginary; visionary: a chimerical terrestrial paradise.
2. wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic: a chimerical plan.
Also, chimeric.
[1630-40; CHIMER(A) + -ICAL]
Syn. 1. illusory, fantastic.
Ant. 1. real.

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