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i·de·al·ly  (-d-l)
adv.
1. In conformity with an ideal; perfectly.
2. In theory or imagination; theoretically.
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Adv.1.ideally - in an ideal manner; "ideally, this will remove all problems"

ideally
adverb in a perfect world, in theory, preferably, if possible, all things being equal, under the best of circumstances, if you had your way, in a Utopia
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Spanish ideally [aɪˈdɪəlɪ] advperfectamente;
ideally, the book should have ... → idealmente, el libro debería tener ...

French ideally [aɪˈdɪəlɪ] ideal adv (= preferably) → dans l'idéal (= perfectly);
he is ideally suited to the job → il est parfait pour ce poste;
ideally the book should have ... → l'idéal serait que le livre ait ...

German ideally [aɪˈdɪəlɪ] ideal advideal;
ideally the book should ... ideal → idealerweise or im Idealfall sollte das Buch ...;
she's ideally suited for ... ideal → sie eignet sich hervorragend für ...

Italian ideally [aɪˈdɪəlɪ] advperfettamente, assolutamente;
ideally the book should have ... → l'ideale sarebbe che il libro avesse ...

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He loved her dearly, though perhaps rather ideally and fancifully than with the impassioned thoroughness of her feeling for him.
But these kinds of inspiration Lydgate regarded as rather vulgar and vinous compared with the imagination that reveals subtle actions inaccessible by any sort of lens, but tracked in that outer darkness through long pathways of necessary sequence by the inward light which is the last refinement of Energy, capable of bathing even the ethereal atoms in its ideally illuminated space.
It recounts, in the Richardsonian letter form, the experiences of a country girl of good breeding and ideally fine character who is introduced into the life of London high society, is incidentally brought into contact with disagreeable people of various types, and soon achieves a great triumph by being acknowledged as the daughter of a repentant and wealthy man of fashion and by marrying an impossibly perfect young gentleman, also of great wealth.
 
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