(adj) evoking lifelike images within the mind, Syn. lifelike, pictorial, vivid, Example:pictorial poetry and prose; graphic accounts of battle; a lifelike portrait; a vivid description
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. [ Cf. Lively. ] Like a living being; resembling life; giving an accurate representation; as, a lifelike portrait. -- Life"like`ness, n. Poe. [1913 Webster]