lifelike

[ lahyf-lahyk ]

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adjective

resembling or simulating real life: a lifelike portrait.

Origin of lifelike

First recorded in 1605–15; life + -like

Other words from lifelike

lifelikeness, noun
un·life·like, adjective

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How to use lifelike in a sentence

They stood there together in that strange silence, hearing only the unlifelike breathing of the man passing from life.
Fidelity | Susan Glaspell
The Squire was an unlifelike story of a case of bigamy, annulled by an unexpected death.
The English Stage | Augustin Filon
To eliminate it altogether would be to produce a most unlifelike world.
Play-Making | William Archer

British Dictionary definitions for lifelike

lifelike

/ (ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk) /

adjective

closely resembling or representing life

Derived forms of lifelike

lifelikeness, noun

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