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realistic

 
 
/ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk/ adjective

Definition

ACCEPTING accepting the true facts of a situation and not basing decisions on things that will not happen: Let's be realistic - we're not going to finish this by Friday.
SHOWING showing things and people as they really are, or making them seem to be real: realistic special effects in a film → Opposite unrealistic
realistically adverb
(Definition of realistic adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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