verisimilar
Example Sentences
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Various anecdotes of him are related by Boccaccio, Sacchetti, and others, none of them verisimilar, and some of them at least fifteen centuries old when revamped.
From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell
But the ridiculous must no longer come forward as the pure creation of his own fancy, but must be verisimilar, that is, seem to be real.
From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John
In the second place, the actions of tragedy are either really true, that is, historical, or if not true, have all the appearance of truth, that is, they are verisimilar.
From A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism by Spingarn, Joel Elias
His polemic against the French school is chiefly directed to claiming a place in poetry for the verisimilar, as against absolute historical exactitude.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
Charming, but in no proper sense of the word natural or verisimilar.
From French Classics by Wilkinson, William Cleaver
