Synonyms of ideally

ideally

adverb

ī-ˈdē-ə-lē 

as in perfectly

without any flaws or errors

an ideally executed routine on the parallel bars that earned him perfect scores from the judges

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perfectly
• immaculately
• finely
• excellently
• exceptionally
• impeccably
• flawlessly
• faultlessly
• to a nicety
• specially
• pat
• to a turn
• to the nines
• superbly
• to a T
• fabulously
• marvelously
• terrifically
• superiorly
• greatly
• superlatively
• grandly
• fancily

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imperfectly
• badly
• inadequately
• insufficiently
• defectively
• faultily
• incompletely
• deficiently
• amiss
• atrociously
• execrably
• wretchedly
• fallibly

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of ideally

The best thing for charities is to get regular donations, ideally monthly recurring ones. —Kelsey Piper, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024

Start by choosing a food-grade barrel, ideally around 55 gallons, to keep the water safe for your plants. —Claire Marks, Austin American-Statesman, 28 Nov. 2024

Because what really drives most of us to stay with a big and difficult novel is our desire to figure out what’s happening, in higher-order ways if not merely on a literal level, so that our ideas about stories, or the world, or ourselves, or, ideally, all of that, are changed. —Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024

The study found that the best place to shelter is in a sturdy building at the far end of the room from any door or window, and ideally in a corner. —Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024