movielike quality
- noun
- US
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calidad cinematográfica
- The novel's movielike quality made it easy for readers to imagine every scene vividly.
Examples
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There was a movielike quality to the thunderstorm as lightning flashed dramatically over the city.
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The film had a stunning movielike quality that captivated audiences.
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His vacation photos had a movielike quality that impressed his friends.
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Her performance brought a movielike quality to the stage.
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The novel's movielike quality made it easy for readers to imagine every scene vividly.
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There was a movielike quality to the thunderstorm as lightning flashed dramatically over the city.
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His vacation photos had a movielike quality that impressed his friends.
Synonyms
A style like a movie that uses strong lighting and dramatic scenes
A feeling of drama and magic like a scene from a movie
How Cinematic
Surface Forms
Morphology
movielike + quality
The meaning is directly compositional: 'movielike' = 'resembling a movie' combined with 'quality' yields 'a characteristic resembling a movie' (vivid, dramatic, cinematic). The suffix '-like' is a productive, transparent formation in English and comparable constructions exist in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows 'movie' and 'quality' will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The phrase movielike quality comes from the image of a scene that looks like one in a movie, with bright light, clear images, and strong emotion. So saying something has a movielike quality means it feels 'vivid' or 'dramatic', like a movie.