in reality

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (Mid-Atlantic US):

  (file)

Prepositional phrase

in reality

1. In real life, as opposed to online, play, make believe, or theory.

   Synonyms: for real life, in practice, in real life, really

   Antonyms: hypothetically, online, theoretically, virtual

   • 1997 March 24, “Budget Amendment Would Raise Taxes”, in The Record, Bergen County, New Jersey:

     A federal balanced budget sounds good in political speeches, but in reality the idea is simply a taxocrat's dream, as it would become a constitutional order to cover all spending, even the unnecessary, deficit kind.

   • 2007 June 26, Erwin Hessle, “Re: Update from LaBlueGirl”, in alt.magick‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I'm sure you believe posting crappy song lyrics to me will endear you to me, but in reality, you're just a daft, frightened, silly little cockfag.

Anagrams

• linearity