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dreamlike

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adj.1.resembling a dream; vague or fantastic; as, night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality.
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Adj.1.dreamlike - resembling a dream; "night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality"; "as irrational and surreal as a dream"
surreal
unreal - not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art"
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Only at rare moments of exaltation or despair do we hear the lyrical cry rising above the monotone of dreamlike content.
A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. View in context
It was a distinct yet distant and dreamlike symphony of melodious instruments, as if an airy band had been hidden on the hillside and made faint music at the summons.
The Great Carbuncle by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
It was a dreamlike state combined with a dreamlike sense of insecurity.
The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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