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Meanings of romantic in inglês
Belonging to or characteristic of Romanticism or the Romantic Movement in the arts.
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catalão
romàntic Not sensible about practical matters; idealistic and unrealistic.
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Examples for "quixotic"
Examples for "quixotic"
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It began as a quixotic project three years ago in local theatre.
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The government needed competent officials, not revolutionaries engaged in quixotic ideological crusades.
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Doug Lenat's quixotic quest to create an artificial intelligence with common sense.
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We did not count on Tritt's quixotic action at just that moment.
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But in planning terms alone there is something quixotic about yesterday's decision.
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Others followed the leaders, creating a whirlpool of stampeding, panting, wild-eyed livestock.
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He's wild-eyed, and I can tell the night is wearing on him.
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She was silent, looked at us wild-eyed, and trembling in every limb.
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Once firmly on her feet, she turned to thank the wild-eyed hillman.
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It was the same flaring, wild-eyed Brandt, only fiercer and more haggard.
Usage of romantic in inglês
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Kolbert: Journalists are not known for their romantic view of American politics.
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Byron indulged in vice in a romantic way; Hook in the coarsest.
3
He'd stayed free of romantic entanglements since leaving Paris five years ago.
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War today, Kane, isn't won by romantic animals dashing at forlorn hopes.
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I'm not romantic by nature, and you've made your position perfectly clear.
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These days meeting a romantic partner can be a question of proximity.
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This may well apply to romantic matters, work ones and ongoing issues.
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The result is one of the finest British romantic comedies in years.
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Israel is not exempt from the problem I have with romantic nationalism.
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The very waves sparkling in the morning sunshine whispered of romantic tales.
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In the second place, the romantic is the opposite of the hackneyed.
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One particular friendship may well start to develop a slightly romantic hue.
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Romance and romantic conflict hadn't exactly been high on my list lately.
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You are indeed a romantic, sir, to underestimate the power of terror.
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Never was a traveller in quest of the romantic in greater luck.
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You may find, however, that romantic matters are not so easily smoothed.
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Romantic through the time
Romantic across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
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Ireland
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