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i·de·al·ly

 (ī-dē′ə-lē)
adv.
1. In conformity with an ideal; perfectly.
2. In theory or imagination; theoretically.
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i•de•al•ly

(aɪˈdi ə li)

adv.
1. in accordance with an ideal; perfectly.
2. in theory or principle.
3. in idea or imagination.
[1590–1600]
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Adv.1.ideally - in an ideal manner; "ideally, this will remove all problems"
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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.
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Translations
بِصورَة مِثالِيَّةفي ظُروف مِثالِيَّه، مِثالِيّاًمِثَالِيَّاً
dokonaleideálněv ideálním případě
ideeltperfekt
ihannetapauksessa
idealno
eszményienideálisan
ef allt væri eins og best væri á kosiîfullkomlega
理想的に
이상적으로
dokonaleideálne
idealiskt
อย่างดีเลิศ
en iyi şekildeen iyi/mükemmel şekildemükemmelentercihen
một cách lý tưởng

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.
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ideally

adv
(introducing sentence) → idealerweise, im Idealfall
(= perfectly) suited, placed, situated, locatedideal; they were ideally suitedsie passten ideal zusammen; I’m not ideally placed to give you adviceich bin nicht gerade der Richtige/die Richtige, um dir Ratschläge zu geben; the hotel is ideally locateddas Hotel liegt ideal; I’m ideally situated in this neighbourhooddiese Gegend liegt für mich ideal
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ideally

[aɪˈdɪəlɪ] advperfettamente
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...
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ideal

(aiˈdiəl) adjective
perfect. This tool is ideal for the job I have in mind.
noun
1. a person, thing etc that is looked on as being perfect. She was clever and beautiful – in fact she was his ideal of what a wife should be.
2. a person's standard of behaviour etc. a man of high ideals.
iˈdealist noun
a person having (too) high ideals of behaviour etc.
iˈdealism noun
ˌideaˈlistic (aidiə-) adjective
iˈdealize, iˈdealise verb
to regard as perfect. Children tend to idealize their parents.
iˌdealiˈzation, iˌdealiˈsation noun
iˈdeally adverb
1. perfectly. He is ideally suited to this job.
2. under perfect conditions. Ideally, we should check this again, but we haven't enough time.
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ideally

مِثَالِيَّاً ideálně ideelt idealerweise ιδανικά idealmente ihannetapauksessa idéalement idealno idealmente 理想的に 이상적으로 idealiter ideelt idealnie idealmente идеально idealiskt อย่างดีเลิศ en iyi şekilde một cách lý tưởng 理想地
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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.
All physiologists admit that the swimbladder is homologous, or 'ideally similar,' in position and structure with the lungs of the higher vertebrate animals: hence there seems to me to be no great difficulty in believing that natural selection has actually converted a swimbladder into a lung, or organ used exclusively for respiration.
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.
She was terrified of them ideally. Having never set eyes on that last argument of men's justice except in illustrative woodcuts to a certain type of tales, she first saw them erect against a black and stormy background, festooned with chains and human bones, circled about by birds that peck at dead men's eyes.
"I don't think I ever had a brighter idea in my life," he said; "never thought of it till he was in the next room; never dreamt of its coming off so ideally even then, and didn't much care, because we had him all ways up.
Associate at chartered surveyors Shepherd's Stirling Paul Carr said: "This property offers an exceptional opportunity to lease one of the largest licensed premises in Stirling which is ideally located in a very prominent location within the established nightlife area.
Yeats Country Hotel, Spa & Leisure Club Ideally located in Rosses Point Village along the Wild Atlantic Way The Yeats Country Hotel, Spa & Leisure Club, Rosses Point, Co.
"Ideally, the walk to school should form just a small part of a child's daily exercise" The Aberdeen Cycle Forum has called for a ban on cars around school gates, but that is unlikely to win widespread support and would also pose questions about how it would be enforced and by whom.
KARACHI -- Migration from polluting vehicles, that burn fossil fuels, to electric vehicles, ideally using electricity generated sustainably, could significantly reduce the incidence of cardiopulmonary illness due to air pollution, a recent study suggests.
'If this was not the first stop, this is ideally where I want to dive.