lifelikeness

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lifelikeness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lifelike \Life"like`\ (l[imac]f"l[imac]k`), a. [Cf. Lively.]
     Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate
     representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- Life"like`ness,
     n. --Poe.
     [1913 Webster]