real live

adjective

Authentic and indisputably present.

“Wow! A real live parrot!”

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Meanings

adjectivereal live (not comparable)
  1. colloquialidiomaticnot comparableAuthentic and indisputably present.

    Wow! A real live parrot!

    3 more examples

    face-to-face with a real live gangster

    You actually put a real live gay person on the cover of your magazine! Whatever will be next?

    2002, Out, volume 10, number 7, page 12

    Julia Claire owns a real live computer, and she offered to pull up some of my old blog posts and print them out for Martha.

    2013, Sophie Hudson, A Little Salty to Cut the Sweet, page 164

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
really truly
Cite this entry
APA

real live. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real%20live

MLA

“real live.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real%20live. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “real live,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/real%20live.

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