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Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : vizh-uh-ner-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʒ əˌnɛr i



Definition of visionary

Origin :
  • "able to see visions," 1650s, from vision + -ary. Meaning "impractical" is attested from 1727. The noun is attested from 1702, from the adj., originally "one who indulges in impractical fantasies."
  • adj idealized, romantic
  • noun person who dreams, is idealistic
Example sentences :
  • It was precisely on the pattern of that worn by the visionary Maid.
  • Extract from : « The Threefold Destiny (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • He had formerly been ridiculed as a visionary, he was now pitied as a desperado.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • Gone were the days of sarcastic ridicule, of visionary politics.
  • Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet
  • There were others who tried to draw him into visionary speculations.
  • Extract from : « Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 (of 8) » by Various
  • I remembered that he had looked to you for the perpetuation of his visionary soul.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • He is a visionary; surly, jealous, and envious in his disposition.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • And they are exact visions, for this idealist is no visionary.
  • Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad
  • In their visionary leaps to affluence they soared to giddy heights.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
  • The rest of his system was imagination, and the imagination of a visionary.
  • Extract from : « Socialism » by John Spargo
  • It is not a Utopian and visionary theory, unsupported by experience.
  • Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921 » by Various

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