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Webster 1913 Edition
Lifelike
Life′likeˊ
(līf′līkˊ)
, Adj.
[Cf.
Lively
.] Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation;
– as, a
. lifelike
portraitLife′likeˊness
, Noun.
Poe.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lifelike
LI'FELIKE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
lifelike
lifelike
English
Adjective
lifelike (comparative more lifelike, superlative most lifelike)
- Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.
- a lifelike portrait
- The robot was so lifelike, Jack could hardly tell it apart from his sister.
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