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verisimilar

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16
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19
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪmələ/
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/ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪmələ/ · /ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪməlɚ/ · /ˌvɛɹəˈsɪməlɚ/

Definition of verisimilar

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely.
    “Joyce's objection was founded in [...] a reaction to the doggedly linear, heavily patterned artifice of the nineteenth-century novel, the verisimilar credentials of which existed – so, at any rate, the argument runs – in inverse proportion to the conventionality of its narrative style.”
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adj

  1. Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely.
    “Joyce's objection was founded in [...] a reaction to the doggedly linear, heavily patterned artifice of the nineteenth-century novel, the verisimilar credentials of which existed – so, at any rate, the argument runs – in inverse proportion to the conventionality of its narrative style.”
  2. Faithful to its own rules; internally consistent.

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Etymology

From Latin vērisimilis, prop. vērī similis (“having the appearance of truth”), from vērī (genitive of vērus (“true”)) + similis (“like, similar”); see very and similar.

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