verisimilar

Example Sentences

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And there the effect is not only verisimilar but wonderful in its verisimilitude.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

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

If "verisimilar" be translated by "coherent," a most exact meaning will often be found in the discussions, examples, and judgments of the critics.

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

Who does not recall the great part played in literary history by the criticism of the verisimilar?

From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto

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