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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 People should, ideally, eat much less fat and sugar. Translations ideally [aɪˈdɪəli] adv (= if possible) → idéalement, dans l'idéal ideally the book should have ... → l'idéal serait que le livre ait ..., dans l'idéal, le livre devrait comporter ... [placed, situated] → idéalement to be ideally suited for sth [person] → être la personne idéale pour qch She's ideally suited for the job → C'est la personne idéale pour ce travail. ideally adv (introducing sentence) → idealerweise, im Idealfall (= perfectly) suited, placed, situated, located → ideal; they were ideally suited → sie passten ideal zusammen; I’m not ideally placed to give you advice → ich bin nicht gerade der Richtige/die Richtige, um dir Ratschläge zu geben; the hotel is ideally located → das Hotel liegt ideal; I’m ideally situated in this neighbourhood → diese Gegend liegt für mich ideal ideally [aɪˈdɪəlɪ] adv → perfettamente it is ideally situated → si trova in un posto ideale they are an ideally matched couple → sono una coppia ideale ideally the book should have ... → l'ideale sarebbe che il libro avesse... ideally [aɪˈdɪəlɪ] adv → perfettamente it is ideally situated → si trova in un posto ideale they are an ideally matched couple → sono una coppia ideale ideally the book should have ... → l'ideale sarebbe che il libro avesse... How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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