IDEALLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ideally mean? 

• IDEALLY (adverb)
  The adverb IDEALLY has 1 sense:

1. in an ideal manner

  Familiarity information: IDEALLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IDEALLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an ideal manner

Context example:

ideally, this will remove all problems

Pertainym:

ideal (conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal)

 Context examples 

Infants with X-SCID typically are treated with transplants of blood-forming stem cells, ideally from a genetically matched sibling.

(Gene therapy restores immunity in infants with rare immunodeficiency disease, National Institutes of Health)

Ideally, the sample will come from a region in which the building blocks of life may be found.

(NASA to Map the Surface of an Asteroid, NASA)

A small bore flexible feeding tube with a weighted metal tip that is ideally placed in the second or third part of the duodenum.

(Nasoduodenal Tube, NCI Thesaurus)

If the job involves working closely with a collaborator once you secure the position, discussions would revolve around the type of person with whom you would ideally choose to work.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The seventh house of marriage is essentially contractual, so to marry, you would ideally need a well-placed Mercury, the planet of agreements.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Ideally, it is best not to have Mars in the sign that rules the body part on which you are considering having medical or dental surgery.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

With Mercury retrograde February 16 until March 9 (and leave a space of days before and after these start-and-finish dates), I would prefer that ideally you not start a new position, sign a legal document, launch a new product, or formally begin an important new relationship just yet.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On Valentine’s Day, Venus, the love-me planet, will be in adventuresome Aries, and Mars will still be in Sagittarius, so both will be in lively, vibrant fire signs that blend ideally with your air sign.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)