ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Unrealistically

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Unrealistically is an adverb meaning In an unrealistic manner.

Meaning

In an unrealistic manner.

Example Sentences

“It’s the Lake Wobegon effect,” said Dr. Daniel P. Sulmasy, senior author and a professor of medicine and ethics at the University of Chicago. “If you have more than 50 percent of patients saying their chances are better than average of avoiding some harm or obtaining some benefit, they are being unrealistically optimistic because you can’t say that most people are above average.”

Antonyms for unrealistically

Common opposites include realistically.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include disproportionately, unreasonably, unduly, prohibitively, absurdly, inordinately.

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