true-life

[ troo-lahyf ]
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adjective
  1. similar to everyday life; realistic: true-life episodes.

Origin of true-life

1
First recorded in 1925–30

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How to use true-life in a sentence

  • They who are disgusted of life are those who consider not the true life, but the life which is mingled with death.

    Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
  • That life of the mind, which is our true life, had to change its point of view in order to meet and cope with the newcomer.

    The Art of Disappearing | John Talbot Smith
  • Both together are the direct opposite of those fruits of the spirit in which the true life of the Church consists.

  • Nay, the most sincere Christians need constant renewing in the light of first principles and by the spirit of true life.

    The Hearth-Stone | Samuel Osgood

British Dictionary definitions for true-life

true-life

adjective
  1. directly comparable to reality: a true-life romance

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