Lifelikeness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lifelike \Life"like`\ (l[imac]f"l[imac]k`), a. [Cf. {Lively}.]
     Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate
     representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- {Life"like`ness},
     n. --Poe.
     [1913 Webster]