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down-to-earth
Not overly ornate; simple in style.
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  1. Not overly ornate; simple in style.
  2. (Idiomatic) Practical; realistic; pragmatic.
  3. Realistic or practical
truthful
Honest, and always telling the truth.
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  1. Honest, and always telling the truth.
  2. Corresponding to reality; true.
  3. Telling the truth; presenting the facts; veracious; honest
pragmatic
Concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., not with theory or speculation; practical
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  1. Concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., not with theory or speculation; practical
  2. Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.
  3. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
sensible
Easily perceived or noticed; marked; striking; appreciable
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  1. Easily perceived or noticed; marked; striking; appreciable
  2. Having appreciation or understanding; emotionally or intellectually aware
  3. Acting with or exhibiting good judgment; reasonable:
sober
Serious or staid in character or conduct:
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  1. Serious or staid in character or conduct:
  2. Straightforward and serious; not exaggerated, emotional, or silly:
  3. Not exaggerated or distorted
hardheaded
Stubborn; wilful.
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  1. Stubborn; wilful.
  2. Shrewd and unsentimental; practical; matter-of-fact
  3. Realistic; pragmatic.
lifelike
Closely resembling a real person or thing
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  1. Closely resembling a real person or thing
  2. Accurately representing real life:
  3. Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait.
true-to-life
(Of a model) Having the same dimensions as the original.
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  1. (Of a model) Having the same dimensions as the original.
faithful
(Obs.) Full of faith, esp. religious faith
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  1. (Obs.) Full of faith, esp. religious faith
  2. Responsible; conscientious:
  3. Consistent with truth or actuality:
vivid
Presented in clear and striking manner:
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  1. Presented in clear and striking manner:
  2. Perceived or felt with the freshness of immediate experience:
  3. Bright; intense; brilliant
hard
Difficult to endure; causing hardship or suffering:
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  1. Difficult to endure; causing hardship or suffering:
  2. Lacking in shade; undiminished:
  3. Definite; firm:
hardheaded
Stubborn; wilful.
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  1. Stubborn; wilful.
  2. Realistic; pragmatic.
  3. Shrewd and unsentimental; practical; matter-of-fact
matter-of-fact
Straightforward or unemotional:
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  1. Straightforward or unemotional:
  2. Of, or relating to facts only; literal, realistic
  3. Sticking strictly to facts; literal, unimaginative, unemotional, prosaic, etc.
objective
Relating to or being an indicator of disease, such as a physical sign, laboratory test, or x-ray, that can be observed or verified by someone other than the person being evaluated.
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  1. Relating to or being an indicator of disease, such as a physical sign, laboratory test, or x-ray, that can be observed or verified by someone other than the person being evaluated.
  2. Determined by and emphasizing the features and characteristics of the object, or thing dealt with, rather than the thoughts and feelings of the artist, writer, or speaker
  3. Of or having to do with a known or perceived object as distinguished from something existing only in the mind of the subject, or person thinking
practical
Manifested in or involving practice:
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  1. Manifested in or involving practice:
  2. Concerned with the production or operation of something useful:
  3. Having or showing good judgment; sensible:
pragmatic
Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.
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  1. Relating to or being the study of cause and effect in historical or political events with emphasis on the practical lessons to be learned from them.
  2. Concerned with actual practice, everyday affairs, etc., not with theory or speculation; practical
  3. Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
pragmatical
(Law) Relating to affairs of state.
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  1. (Law) Relating to affairs of state.
  2. Arbuthnot
  3. Pragmatic; practical; businesslike
prosaic
Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
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  1. Lacking in imagination and spirit; dull.
  2. Commonplace, dull and ordinary
  3. Of or like prose rather than poetry; often, specif., heavy, flat, unimaginative, etc.
sober
Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
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  1. Not intoxicated or affected by the use of alcohol or drugs.
  2. Temperate in any way; not extreme or extravagant
  3. Serious or staid in character or conduct:
tough-minded
Facing facts and difficulties with strength and determination; realistic and resolute.
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  1. Facing facts and difficulties with strength and determination; realistic and resolute.
  2. Not distracted from actual facts by enticements, intimidation, or sentimentality; steadfast in one's actions, commitments, beliefs, etc.
  3. Shrewd and unsentimental; practical; realistic
lifelike
Closely resembling a real person or thing
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  1. Closely resembling a real person or thing
  2. Accurately representing real life:
  3. Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait.
natural
Related genetically:
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  1. Related genetically:
  2. Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
  3. (--- Biology) Not produced or changed artificially; not conditioned:
naturalistic
In accordance with, or in imitation of, nature; lifelike
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  1. In accordance with, or in imitation of, nature; lifelike
  2. Imitating or producing the effect or appearance of nature.
  3. Of natural history or naturalists
true
Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern:
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  1. Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern:
  2. Properly called:
  3. Reliable; accurate:
true-life
Presenting conditions and especially human relationships accurately; true to life:
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  1. Presenting conditions and especially human relationships accurately; true to life:
  2. Based on fact, real, true.
graphic
Having markings suggestive of written or printed characters
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  1. Having markings suggestive of written or printed characters
  2. Described or depicted in vivid and realistic detail
  3. Of or relating to the graphic arts:
lifelike
Closely resembling a real person or thing
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  1. Closely resembling a real person or thing
  2. Resembling that of actual life
  3. Like a living being, resembling life, giving an accurate representation, as, a lifelike portrait.
photographic
Of, relating to, or consisting of photography or a photograph.
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  1. Of, relating to, or consisting of photography or a photograph.
  2. Used in photography:
  3. Capable of retaining accurate or vivid impressions:
pictorial
Represented as if in a picture:
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  1. Represented as if in a picture:
  2. Of, containing, or expressed in pictures
  3. Evoking or suggesting a mental image or picture; vivid; graphic, as a description
picturesque
Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenic
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  1. Resembling or worthy of a picture or painting; having the qualities of a picture or painting. scenic
  2. Strikingly expressive or vivid:
  3. Of, suggesting, or suitable for a picture:
vivid
Having intensely bright colors:
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  1. Having intensely bright colors:
  2. Presented in clear and striking manner:
  3. Active in forming lifelike images:
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  • For some reason, he experienced a very realistic vision.

  • You're supposed to be taking care of me, but that isn't realistic 100% of the time, is it?

  • If it is daringly realistic, it is no less audacious in its idealism.

  • The story of Sinflhi is the true or realistic history of a soldier who.

  • Munich is still the leading school of painting in Germany, but the romanticism of the earlier masters has been abandoned for drawing and colouring of a realistic character.

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