VERBS

be, seem
keep sth
Try to keep your ambitions realistic

ADV

extremely, very
fairly, quite, reasonably
enough, sufficiently
He was realistic enough to know this success could not last

PREP

about
My friends were quite realistic about my problems
in
being very realistic in their expectations

VERBS

be, look, sound
become
make sth
You could make the hands a little more realistic

ADV

extremely, truly, very
fairly, quite
grimly
his grimly realistic first novel about drug addicts