in reality

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in reality

actually. The solution seemed simple, but in reality it was almost impossible to make it happen.

Related vocabulary: in (point of) fact, in truth, as a matter of fact

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He moved slowly, but he moved in reality, girding himself with rifle, ammunition, matches, and a pack of twenty pounds of moose- meat. The Red One by London, Jack View in context She had imagined him better than he was in reality. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context But I cannot forget the length of her visit to the Mainwarings, and when I reflect on the different mode of life which she led with them from that to which she must now submit, I can only suppose that the wish of establishing her reputation by following though late the path of propriety, occasioned her removal from a family where she must in reality have been particularly happy. Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context More results

References in classic literature

He moved slowly, but he moved in reality, girding himself with rifle, ammunition, matches, and a pack of twenty pounds of moose- meat.

The Red One by London, Jack View in context

She had imagined him better than he was in reality.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

But I cannot forget the length of her visit to the Mainwarings, and when I reflect on the different mode of life which she led with them from that to which she must now submit, I can only suppose that the wish of establishing her reputation by following though late the path of propriety, occasioned her removal from a family where she must in reality have been particularly happy.

Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context

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in point of fact
in practice
in prime
in principle
in print
in progress
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in reality
in reduced circumstances
in reference to
in relation to
in reserve
in retrospect
in return
in right mind

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