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surrealistically

  • a word derived from surrealism.
    surrealism
    noun
    a style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by automatism or the exploitation of chance effects, unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
  • a word derived from surrealistic.
    surrealistic
    adjective
    of, relating to, or characteristic of surrealism; surreal.

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As he plays the game, the narrator finds himself surrealistically placed into a scene from his father’s life, where he controls the events that will determine his own future.

From New York Times Jul. 19, 2022

“The surrealistically easy money they dispense, Neuman stresses, is actually a ‘resource curse’ that all too often encouraged government profligacy, business corruption and civic complacency in the 20th century.

From New York Times Mar. 24, 2022

“Adventure Time” creator Pendleton Ward surrealistically, psychedelically animates around interviews from collaborator Duncan Trussell’s mystically minded “Duncan Trussell Family Hour” podcast, framing them, to consonant or contrasting effect, as virtual interplanetary travel.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 18, 2021

Rocky gives and takes blows surrealistically enhanced by Dolby sound.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had Fischer not done as well as he did, his story might have ended right there, surrealistically, in the quiet back room of a chess club.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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