What does verisimilar mean?
Verisimilar means Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely..
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/ˌvɛɹɪˈsɪmələ/ · adjective
Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely..
Joyce's objection was founded in [...] a reaction to the doggedly linear, heavily patterned artifice of the nineteenth-century novel, the verisimilar credentials of which existed – so, at any rate, the argument runs – in inverse proportion to the conventionality of its narrative style.
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Verisimilar means Appearing to be true or real; probable; likely..
Common synonyms include plausible, probable, likely.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Joyce's objection was founded in [...] a reaction to the doggedly linear, heavily patterned artifice of the nineteenth-century novel, the verisimilar credentials of which existed – so, at any rate, the argument runs – in inverse proportion to the conventionality of its narrative style.
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