Adjective

(en adjective)

Expressed or represented as being accurate.

A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.

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, year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Tom Fordyce , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off.}}

Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.

A ''realistic'' novel about the Victorian poor.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy

A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .

The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .

According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.

(signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't