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- adjective appearing to be
verisimilar ; exhibitingverisimilitude , in either a neutral or a dubious sense.
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Examples
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Now I must go envision a way to dress up as "verisimilitudinous."
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Now I must go envision a way to dress up as "verisimilitudinous."
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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I think the best part is the verisimilitudinous asymmetry.
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I am drawn to both agree and disagree with this objection in general -- agree, because I, too, have had the experience of reading books where the attempt to capture a child's impressions and ideas seemed strained and even embarrassing; disagree, because most successful fiction creates a voice that is entirely artificial, and yet, through its artifice, persuades us -- misdirects us -- to swear it's real and convincing and verily verisimilitudinous.
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I am drawn to both agree and disagree with this objection in general -- agree, because I, too, have had the experience of reading books where the attempt to capture a child's impressions and ideas seemed strained and even embarrassing; disagree, because most successful fiction creates a voice that is entirely artificial, and yet, through its artifice, persuades us -- misdirects us -- to swear it's real and convincing and verily verisimilitudinous.
Archive 2006-09-01 2006
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How am I going to get those verisimilitudinous qualities…which is very difficult to say and to get.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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How am I going to get those verisimilitudinous qualities…which is very difficult to say and to get.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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How am I going to get those verisimilitudinous qualities…which is very difficult to say and to get.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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How am I going to get those verisimilitudinous qualities…which is very difficult to say and to get.
The Movie Business Book, Third Edition Edited by Jason E. Squire 2004
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Third, I believe that the models I shall present are not only possible and beyond philosophical challenge but also true, or at least verisimilitudinous, close to the truth.
Warranted Christian Belief 1932- 2000
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