quix·ot·ic (kw k-s t k) also quix·ot·i·cal (--k l)adj. 1. Caught up in the romance of noble deeds and the pursuit of unreachable goals; idealistic without regard to practicality. 2. Capricious; impulsive: "At worst his scruples must have been quixotic, not malicious" (Louis Auchincloss). [From English Quixote, a visionary, after Don Quixote, hero of a romance by Miguel de Cervantes.] quix·ot i·cal·ly adv.quix o·tism (kwks-tz m) n. |
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| Adv. | 1. | quixotically - in a quixotic manner; "sent to jail for two years, he has quixotically refused to clear himself by betraying his colleagues" |
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quixotically
adv behave → edelmütig, ritterlich
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