1. true to life - Adjective
2. true to life - Adjective Satellite
representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are
Source: WordNettrue-to-life
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