real-life
adjectiveattested in dialogue
- United States
As happens in real life; not fictional or theoretical; actual as opposed to believed or assumed.
adjective
- 1
As happens in real life; not fictional or theoretical; actual as opposed to believed or assumed.
He was a real-life detective before playing one in the movies.
Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
In addition, as far as we were aware, there were no published data that quantified real-life speech practices in Singapore beyond census reportage, but we had no reason to conclude a priori that the distribution of languages spoken at NIE would match census data.
“How to hide, survive and use the urban environment as a sanctuary was a challenge but the soldiers adapted to the real-life challenges,” ETG Commander Col. Toby Till explained.
- 2
Not online, in real life.
Forms
- comparative
- more real-life
- superlative
- most real-life
real-life · As happens in real life; not fictional or theoretical; actual as opposed to believed or assumed.
realise · Non-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.realistic · Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or…reality · The state of being actual or real; realness.