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lifelike

[ lahyf-lahyk ]

adjective

  1. resembling or simulating real life:

    a lifelike portrait.



lifelike

/ ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. closely resembling or representing life


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Derived Forms

  • ˈlifeˌlikeness, noun

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Other Words From

  • lifelikeness noun
  • un·lifelike adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of lifelike1

First recorded in 1605–15; life + -like

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Example Sentences

Robert dons a lifelike bodysuit and throws on a wig and a dress.

For my money, Dana Brody is the most lifelike teenager character on television since Freaks and Geeks was canceled 13 years ago.

Her very lifelike skepticism is what makes The Testament of Mary more than a provocation.

The horses surge around the stage like creatures of our nightmares; yet they can also be calm and sweet and stunningly lifelike.

Because taxidermy uses “derma” (skin) to create a lifelike replica, a preserved creature triggers deep emotions in us.

A murmur of admiration ran through the crowd—nothing could be more lifelike.

The castles, surmounting lifelike elephants, were filled with warriors discharging arrows.

A fire flashed in his dark eyes, and a note of fervent passion quivered lifelike in his vibrating voice.

This is precisely what Mr. Grundy sets out to show us, but is his representation of it accurate, lifelike, credible?

She straightened the antennae, drew each leg into position and set it in perfectly lifelike manner.

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