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true-life

[ troo-lahyf ]
/ ˈtruˈlaɪf /
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adjective

similar to everyday life; realistic: true-life episodes.

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RELATED WORDS

astute, businesslike, down-to-earth, earthy, hard, hard-boiled, levelheaded, lifelike, natural, naturalistic, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prudent, rational, real, reasonable, sane, sensible, shrewd

Nearby words

  1. true vocal cords,
  2. true-blue,
  3. true-born,
  4. true-crime,
  5. true-false test,
  6. trueborn,
  7. truebred,
  8. truehearted,
  9. truelove,
  10. truelove knot

Origin of true-life

First recorded in 1925–30
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British Dictionary definitions for true-life

true-life

adjective

directly comparable to realitya true-life romance
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