Noun
The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMerely corroborative detail, intended to give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative. W. S. Gilbert
But your sign says you can conjure up ever-filled purses,” Holger began. "Advertising,” Martinus admitted. "Corroborative detail intended to lend artistic verisimilitude. Poul Anderson
A modern-day serpent is anyone who disseminates misinformation and disinformation in their verisimilitude. Newton Lee
It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing - it's that it feeds the imagination. Tom Wolfe
What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow-men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality and whose accumulated verisimilitude of selected episodes puts to shame the pride of documentary history. Joseph Conrad
A Crichton book was a headlong experience driven by a man who was both a natural storyteller and fiendishly clever when it came to verisimilitude; he made you believe that cloning dinosaurs wasn't just over the horizon but possible tomorrow. Source: Internet