realistic

Definition

Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.

Etymology

From realist + -ic.

Example Sentences

• "A realistic appraisal of the situation."
• "Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off."
• "A realistic novel about the Victorian poor."

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