Real-life Definition

rēəl,-līf rēl-
adjective
Actual; not imaginary.
Webster's New World
Actually happening or having happened; not fictional.
A documentary with footage of real-life police chases.
American Heritage
noun

Life outside of a contrived or fantastical environment; often used in comparison to events depicted in drama.

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(by extension, sometimes capitalized) Life outside the Internet.

Wiktionary
(by extension) Pressing day-to-day commitments: real life intervened.
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Noun

Singular:
real-life
Plural:
real-lives

Real-life Sentence Examples

  • But running around soon becomes as dreary as running around in real life.

  • Blanche produced a number of farces and comedies which were announced as pictures from real life.

  • While to the rest of us, questioned if Howie's visions recorded real life events and if so, how to prove veracity of the vision, Quinn, the scientist wanted only to know why.

  • Fred O'Connor, Dean's elderly stepfather, was an avid fan of a mystery, primarily in written form, often in his imagination and occasionally in his real life world.

  • Dave is the FIRST other person I have seen fly a copter in real life!

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Words Starting With

RREREA

Words Ending With

EFEIFE

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real-life

Words Starting With R and Ending With E

Starts With R & Ends With EStarts With RE & Ends With EStarts With R & Ends With FE

Word Length

9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With R9 Letter Words Ending With E