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aɪˈdi ə liide·al·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ideallyadverb

    in an ideal manner

    "ideally, this will remove all problems"

Wiktionary

  1. ideallyadverb

    In an ideal way; perfectly.

  2. ideallyadverb

    Given ideal circumstances; preferably.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Ideallyadverb

    Intellectually; mentally.

    Etymology: from ideal.

    A transmission is made materially from some parts, and ideally from every one. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ideallyadverb

    in an ideal manner; by means of ideals; mentally

British National Corpus

  1. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'ideally' in Adverbs Frequency: #403

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ideally in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ideally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of ideally in a Sentence

  1. Phil Weiser:

    Our system makes voting easy, safe, secure and reliable, ideally, the Postal Service would be a partner in this effort.

  2. Lawrence Yun:

    At a broad level, home prices are in no danger of a decline due to tight inventory conditions, but I do expect prices to appreciate at a slower pace by the end of the year, ideally, the costs for a home would rise roughly in line with income growth, which is likely to happen in 2022 as more listings and new construction become available.

  3. Debora Mariano:

    As a Catholic, I'm against abortion, but ideally the Church would allow more options for women who want to prevent getting pregnant in the first place, it feels like we have little protection against Zika, that government efforts to stop it are not working, so those of us too scared to get pregnant with this illness out there have no other option but to go against the Church.

  4. Eric Swalwell:

    Ideally, we work together as far as witness testimony, this is not anything that I or I believe my colleagues are familiar with. We want to hear from Michael Flynn. We want to hear from Paul Manafort, Carter Page and Roger Stone.

  5. Michael Fox:

    Ideally we would get to a point ... where we are able to (deliver) overnight a pair of shoes to you that you designed the day before.

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