Ideally definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

If you say that ideally a particular thing should happen or be done, you mean that this is what you would like to happen or be done, but you know that this ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Definitionof 'ideally'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× ideally (aɪdiːəli ) 1. adverb Ifyousaythatideallyaparticularthingshouldhappenorbedone,youmeanthatthisiswhatyouwouldliketohappenorbedone,butyouknowthatthismaynotbepossibleorpractical. Peopleshould,ideally,eatmuchlessfat. Synonyms:inaperfectworld,intheory,preferably,ifpossible MoreSynonymsofideally 2. adverb[usuallyADVERB-ed,oftADVERBafterverb] Ifyousaythatsomeoneorsomethingisideallysuited,ideallylocated,orideallyqualified,youmeanthattheyareaswellsuited,located,orqualifiedastheycouldpossiblybe. Theywereanextremelyhappycouple,ideallysuited. Thehotelisideallysituatedforcountrywalks. TheGeneralisideallyqualifiedforthejob. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof ideally Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'ideally' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'ideally' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'putto' HindiTranslationof'ideally' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency ideallyinAmericanEnglish (aɪˈdiəli ) adverb1.  inaccordancewithanidealorideals;inanidealmanner;perfectly 2.  intheory Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordFrequency ideallyinAmericanEnglish (aiˈdiəli) adverb1. inaccordancewithanideal;perfectly 2. intheoryorprinciple 3. inidea,thought,orimagination Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1590–1600;ideal+-ly] Examplesof'ideally'inasentence ideally Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Ideally,youwantbreathingouttotaketwiceaslongasbreathingin.TheSun(2016)WegetonwellandIthoughtwewereideallysuitedtooneanother.TheSun(2016)Youideallywantfourorfivelayers.TheSun(2014)Ideallyweliketohavematchingnumbers.TheSun(2008)Thisshortertripsuitshimideallyandhelookssuretogoclose.Times,SundayTimes(2006)IdeallywewouldliketotakeEurostarandthenrentanapartmentfortwoorthreenights.Times,SundayTimes(2008)Ideallywewouldwanttobeinthetoptwobecausethatwouldmeanahomesemi-final.Times,SundayTimes(2006)We'rehappytosplashoutonahotelbutwouldideallyliketobesomewherewherethesightsandactivitiesareeasilyaccessible.Times,SundayTimes(2013) Trendsof ideally Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages ideally BritishEnglish:ideally /aɪˈdɪəlɪ/ADVERBIfyousaythatideallyaparticularthingshouldhappenorbedone,youmeanthatthisiswhatyouwouldliketohappenorbedone,butyouknowthatthismaynotbepossibleorpractical.AmericanEnglish:ideally /aɪˈdiəli/Arabic:مِثَالِيَّاً BrazilianPortuguese:idealmente Chinese:理想地 Croatian:idealno Czech:ideálně Danish:ideelt Dutch:idealiter EuropeanSpanish:idealmente Finnish:ihannetapauksessa French:idéalement German:idealerweise Greek:ιδανικά Italian:idealmente Japanese:理想的に Korean:이상적으로 Norwegian:ideelt Polish:idealnie EuropeanPortuguese:idealmente Romanian:idealRussian:идеально LatinAmericanSpanish:idealmente Swedish:idealiskt Thai:อย่างเลอเลิศ,อย่างที่นึกฝันไว้Turkish:eniyişekilde Ukrainian:ідеальноVietnamese:mộtcáchlýtưởng Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically ideally idealize idealized idealizedimage ideally ideamonger ideasofreference ideata AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'I' Source DefinitionofideallyfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. NewfromCollins QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 fir or fur?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. fir furItwasathickwoodof andoaktrees.reek or wreak?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. wreak reekViolentstormscould havocontheFrenchRiviera.knight or night?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. knight nightWhoisthe inshiningarmour?taught or taut?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. taut taughtTheclotheslinehasbeenpulled .carat or carrot?Whichversioniscorrect?Youcouldhardlymissthehugeeight-caratdiamond.Youcouldhardlymissthehugeeight-carrotdiamond.Yourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview Feb15,2022 Wordoftheday putto arepresentationofasmallboy,acheruborcupid,espinbaroquepaintingorsculpture SEEFULLDEFINITION SEEPREVIOUSWORDS Signupforournewsletter Getthelatestnewsandgainaccesstoexclusiveupdatesandoffers Signmeup LatestWordSubmissions carboncolonialism Feb11,2022 megaflash Feb11,2022 greenhushing Feb11,2022 can(the) Feb11,2022 ViewMoreSubmit Food&festivities:thelanguageofChineseNewYear ChineseNewYear,alsoknownastheLunarNewYearortheSpringFestival,isuponusandthosecelebratingwillspendthenexttwoweekswelcomingtheYearoftheTiger.Tomarktheoccasion,wedecidedtotakeacloserlookatsomeofthevocabularyrelatingtotheevent,fromfoodandfestivitiestothezodiac. 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Readmore Scrabblescorefor'ideally':11 QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 cornflour or cornflower?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. cornflower cornflourHewaswearinga blueshirt.censor or sensor?Whichversioniscorrect?ThelatestJapanesevacuumcleanerscontainacensorthatdetectsthetypeoffloor.ThelatestJapanesevacuumcleanerscontainasensorthatdetectsthetypeoffloor.knight or night?Whichversioniscorrect?Whoistheknightinshiningarmour?Whoisthenightinshiningarmour?ascent or assent?Whichversioniscorrect?Theelevatorbeganitsslowascent.Theelevatorbeganitsslowassent.yoke or yolk?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. yoke yolkTheoxenwereharnessedtogetherbya .Yourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview SixNationsChampionship:thelexiconofrugby Withthisweekend'ssecondroundoftherugbySixNationsChampionshipapproaching,CollinsDictionarylooksatthelexiconofRugby. 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