verisimilar
[ ver-uh-sim-uh-ler ]
/ ˌvɛr əˈsɪm ə lər /
adjective
having the appearance of truth; likely; probable: a verisimilar tale.
Origin of verisimilar
OTHER WORDS FROM verisimilar
ver·i·sim·i·lar·ly, adverbWords nearby verisimilar
verification,
verification principle,
verified,
verify,
verily,
verisimilar,
verisimilitude,
verism,
verismo,
veritable,
veritas
Example sentences from the Web for verisimilar
Charming, but in no proper sense of the word natural or verisimilar.
French Classics |William Cleaver WilkinsonVerisimilar, ver-i-sim′i-lar, adj. truth-like: likely: probable.
And there the effect is not only verisimilar but wonderful in its verisimilitude.
The English Novel |George SaintsburyHere Robortelli answers a possible objection to Aristotle's statement that poets deal only with what is possible and verisimilar.
A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance |Joel Elias Spingarn
British Dictionary definitions for verisimilar
verisimilar
/ (ˌvɛrɪˈsɪmɪlə) /
adjective
appearing to be true; probable; likely
Derived forms of verisimilar
verisimilarly, adverbWord Origin for verisimilar
C17: from Latin
vērīsimilis, from
vērus true +
similis like