realistic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Sensible and practical about what can actually be done or expected.

   We need to set realistic goals for the project.

2. 2
   adj

   Looking or seeming very much like the real thing.

   The painting was so realistic it looked like a photograph.

3. 3
   adj

   Showing life or events truthfully, as they really are.

   It is a realistic novel about the lives of the Victorian poor.

From realist + -ic.

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