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quixotically

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quix·ot·ic  (kwk-stk) also quix·ot·i·cal (--kl)
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·oti·cal·ly adv.
quixo·tism (kwks-tzm) 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"
Translations
quixotically [kwɪkˈsɒtɪkəlɪ] ADV → de manera quijotesca; [behave] → como un quijote
quixotically
adv behave → edelmütig, ritterlich
quixotically [kwɪkˈsɒtɪk/əlɪ] adv (frm) → alla don Chisciotte
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