Meaning of in reality in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Adverb

    in reality

    Definitions

    1. used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated

    Examples

    • « surprisingly »
    • « you may actually be doing the right thing by walking out »
    • « she actually spoke Latin »
    • « they thought they made the rules but in reality they were only puppets; »

Famous quotes

  • « Our government has made a number of promises to the men and women who served in our nation's armed forces. Sadly, these promises of health care, education and other benefits have existed more in rhetoric than in reality. »
    Allen Boyd
  • « It always amuses me that the biggest praise for my work comes for the imagination, while the truth is that there's not a single line in all my work that does not have a basis in reality. The problem is that Caribbean reality resembles the wildest imagination. »
    Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  • « I'm very ambitious. I live in reality but I have dreams I want to fulfill - I want to be a director, and I've already started my own production company. But I also have a measure of success that I keep to myself. It's something very personal to me. »
    Alex Pettyfer
  • « An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law. »
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • « The mysteries of faith are degraded if they are made into an object of affirmation and negation, when in reality they should be an object of contemplation. »
    Simone Weil

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