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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
real live en · ADJ
Meanings
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(colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable) Authentic and indisputably present.
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:Wow! A real live parrot!
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:face-to-face with a real live gangster