irreal
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- irreality noun
Etymology
Origin of irreal
Example Sentences
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Mahoney’s twists and reveals, keen bits of insight and irreal imagery — with the grotesque often being presented as beautiful — prevent this odd couple from becoming cloying.
From New York Times
There is something slightly irreal and super-bright about Jones’s prose — it conveys a sense that her knowledge of the world she’s describing is also second-order, i.e. derived from books, or at least refracted through them, rather than observed first hand, unmediated.
From Time
Like them, Folon took a strong turn for the fantastic, serving up the quotidian in images dreamy or irreal.
From Time Magazine Archive
The small landholdings of Hans at Moehra are not real, but irreal estate.
From Project Gutenberg
Il me semble que les personnages de Stevenson ont justement cette espèce de réalisme irréal.
From Project Gutenberg
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