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romantically - adj. & n. --adj. 1 of, characterized by, or suggestive of an idealized, sentimental, or fantastic view of reality; remote from experience (a romantic picture; a romantic setting).
2 inclined towards or suggestive of romance in love (a romantic woman; a romantic evening; romantic words).
3 (of a person) imaginative, visionary, idealistic.
4 a (of style in art, music, etc.) concerned more with feeling and emotion than with form and aesthetic qualities; preferring grandeur or picturesqueness to finish and proportion. b (also Romantic) of or relating to the 18th-19th-c. romantic movement or style in the European arts.
5 (of a project etc.) unpractical, fantastic. --n. 1 a romantic person.
2 a romanticist. romantically adv. [romant tale of chivalry etc. f. OF f. romanz ROMANCE] |
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