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Definition of In reality
1. Adverb. Used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly. "People who seem stand-offish are in reality often simply nervous"
Lexicographical Neighbors of In Reality
Literary usage of In reality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... although in the pages of Plato, even more than in reality, he only "whispers
with a few striplings in a corner." Fur, in the Platonic grouping, ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... contrary to the views expressed by Sir R. Murchison [qv] in 1858, these two
masses in reality belonged to a single group of pre- Cambrian rocks, ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Moreover, the scene of the crucifixion had to last as long as it did in reality.
It is related that in 1437 the cure Nicolle, who was playing the part of ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"in reality the Breton appeared, with each passing hour, to be narrowing his
attention more and more to one single point, namely, to his own personal guilt, ..."
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... although in the pages of Plato, even more than in reality, he only "whispers
with a few striplings in a corner." Fur, in the Platonic grouping, ..."
6. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1895)
"... contrary to the views expressed by Sir R. Murchison [qv] in 1858, these two
masses in reality belonged to a single group of pre- Cambrian rocks, ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Moreover, the scene of the crucifixion had to last as long as it did in reality.
It is related that in 1437 the cure Nicolle, who was playing the part of ..."
8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"in reality the Breton appeared, with each passing hour, to be narrowing his
attention more and more to one single point, namely, to his own personal guilt, ..."
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