"ideally" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

IPA: /ʌɪˈdɪəli/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ideally.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more ideally [comparative], most ideally [superlative]
Etymology: From ideal + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ideal|ly}} ideal + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} ideally (comparative more ideally, superlative most ideally)
  1. In an ideal way; perfectly.
    Sense id: en-ideally-en-adv-e1b8Eriu
  2. Given ideal circumstances; preferably. Synonyms: in an ideal world Translations (preferably): idealment (Catalan), ideálně (Czech), ihanteellisesti (Finnish), idéalement (French), idealerweise (German), idealmente (Italian), preferibilmente (Italian), doskonale (Polish), idealnie (Polish), ideal (Romanian), în mod ideal (Romanian), idealno (Serbo-Croatian), идеално (Serbo-Croatian), idealmente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ideally-en-adv-YeZ6eQDW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'preferably': 2 98

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