true to life

Speech parts

1. true to life - Adjective

2. true to life - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

true-to-life

Synonyms

true to life just right good natural real true close bona fide actual correct detailed accurate precise objective
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Antonyms

weak wild false artificial unlikely rough
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Examples

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life. Max Frisch

Bury the dead. Say Robinson Crusoe was true to life. Well then Friday buried him. Every Friday buries a Thursday if you come to look at it. James Joyce

The reason some portraits don't look true to life is that some people make no effort to resemble their pictures. Salvador Dalí

Cynically speaking, one could say that it is true to life to be cynical about it. Paul Tillich

A motion picture must be true to life. If a picture portrays a false emotion it trains people seeing it to react abnormally. William Moulton Marston

It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to the character. It isn't necessary to live a tragic life to create from that place. Corin Nemec

Close letter words and terms

true to true to form true to his word true to nature true to one's word true to oneself