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realistic
 
ADJECTIVE:1. Described verbally in sharp and accurate detail: graphic, lifelike, photographic, pictorial, picturesque, vivid. See SPECIFIC, WORDS. 2. Accurately representing what is depicted or described: lifelike, natural, naturalistic, true, true-life, truthful. See REAL. 3. Having or indicating an awareness of things as they really are: down-to-earth, hard, hardheaded, matter-of-fact, objective, practical, pragmatic, pragmatical, prosaic, sober, tough-minded, unromantic. See EXCITE, REAL.
 
 
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