surrealistically
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7.8
- adverb
- /sərˈiːəlɪstɪkli/
:
surrealistamente
- He described his childhood memories surrealistically, making them feel like scenes from a vivid dream.
Examples
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The landscape looked surrealistically beautiful, as if painted by a dream.
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Strange, his mind seemed crystal clear, surrealistically clear.
Fiction book (1991) -
Parker looks down to see the roof surrealistically swelling beneath his chair.
Fiction book (1996) -
The snowflakes whirl surrealistically around them as the two stand face to face. # CARLOS #
Fiction book (1997) -
As she walked through the fog, the city appeared surrealistically distorted, blending reality with fantasy.
Synonyms
190
3.2
In an unusual or unexpected way
150
3.4
In a strange or unexpected way
35
3.5
In a strange or unexpected way
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4.1
In a strange or unexpected way
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4.4
In a strange or unexpected way
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4.7
In a way that seems strange or not natural
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5.3
Shows that something is strange or surprising
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6.2
In a strange way that people notice
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8.2
Seems very strange and different from what people expect
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8.3
In a strange way that feels odd
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7.0
In a strange way that feels like a dream
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5.7
In a way that shows imagination and looks unreal
In a way that seems like a ghost or a dream
In a way that uses very bright colors and strange visual effects
In a very strange way that feels surprising
Antonyms
How Surreal
Surface Forms
Morphology
surrealistically = surrealistic (transparent) = surreal + istic + ally
Formation from the adjective 'surrealistic' to the adverb by a regular adverbial suffix '-ally' is a standard, fully transparent derivation.
Etymology
Surrealistically comes from surreal, which joins the prefix sur- ('above') and real ('real'), and from the art name surrealism that showed dreamlike images. Think 'above reality', so to do something surrealistically is to do it in a strange, dreamlike way, like a story or picture that feels 'not quite real'.