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The lifelike drawing looked like a real bird.
What does Lifelike mean?
Lifelike means very realistic.
Dictionary definition
Looking or seeming very much like something real or alive.
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The museum displayed a lifelike model of a dinosaur.
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Careful shading made the portrait seem lifelike and full of expression.
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Realistic is close in meaning to lifelike.
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Unrealistic is an opposite because it does not seem real.
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WordLifelike.
Partadjective.
MeaningLifelike means very realistic.
ExampleExample: The lifelike drawing looked like a real bird.
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- lyfe · lyke
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- lyfe
- Ending
- lyke
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- Put a little extra energy on lyfe.
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unrealisticnot seeming real
cartoonishdrawn in a playful or less realistic way
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