in reality en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) In real life, as opposed to online, play, make believe, or theory.
A federal balanced budget sounds good in political speeches, but in reality the idea is simply a taxocrat's dream, as it would become a constitutional order to cover all spending, even the unnecessary, deficit kind.
1997 March 24, “Budget Amendment Would Raise Taxes”, in The Record, Bergen County, New Jersey:I'm sure you believe posting crappy song lyrics to me will endear you to me, but in reality, you're just a daft, frightened, silly little cockfag.
2007 June 26, Erwin Hessle, “Re: Update from LaBlueGirl”, in alt.magick (Usenet):
Antonyms
virtual · theoretically · hypothetically · online
Synonyms
in real life · in practice · really · for real life
Translations (2)
es en puridad (Translations) · es en realidad (Translations)