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unreally

[uhn-ree-uhl, -reel] Origin

un·re·al

[uhn-ree-uhl, -reel]
adjective
1.
not real or actual.
2.
imaginary; fanciful; illusory; delusory; fantastic.
3.
lacking in truth; not genuine; false; artificial: unreal propaganda serving as news.

Origin:
1595–1605; un-1 + real1

un·re·al·ly, adverb


sham, spurious, fictitious, illusive, theoretical, impractical, vague.

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unreal (ʌnˈrɪəl)
 
adj
1.  imaginary or fanciful or seemingly so: an unreal situation
2.  having no actual existence or substance
3.  insincere or artificial
 
un'really
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

unreal
1605, "not real," from un- (1) "not" + real (adj.). Slang sense of "wonderful, great" is first recorded 1965.
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"Hence horrible shadow, Vnreall mock'ry hence." ["Macbeth," III.iv.107]
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unreal definition


  1. mod.
    unbelievable. : Your hairdo is so yummy—almost unreal. , Who started this unreal argument?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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