ideally

1. 1.

   in an ideal manner

   “ideally, this will remove all problems”

Questions about ideally

What does ideally mean?

ideally means "in an ideal manner".

How many syllables are in ideally?

ideally has 3 syllables: i-deal-ly. The stress falls on "deal". In IPA it is /aɪˈdili/.

Is ideally a common word?

ideally is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.