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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 |
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[ adjective ] unaffected and natural looking
Synonyms 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 |
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