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[ adjective ] evoking lifelike images within the mind

Examples

"pictorial poetry and prose" "graphic accounts of battle" "a lifelike portrait" "a vivid description"

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

I am sure that nothing within me is capable of composing that life-like sequence , so complete in_detail , from the hodge-podge of news pictures I have seen .

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

His hands lay loosely , yet stiffly - they were like wax hands : almost lifelike , not quite - folded in his lap ; his mouth hung slightly open .

Related terms

realistic

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[ adjective ] unaffected and natural looking

Synonyms

natural

Examples

"a lifelike pose" "a natural reaction"

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

And a gray-haired man whose glance - direct , lifelike , and mildly accusing - was contradicted by the gilt and black frame .

Related terms

unaffected

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