1. Representing things or actions or conditions as they actually are
   "the novel about ghetto life was true to life"
   - true-to-life

See also: realistic

• effleurage
• effloresce
• efflorescence
• efflorescent
• effluence
• effluent
• effluvial
• effluvium
• efflux
• effluxion
• effort
• effortful
• effortfulness
• effortless
• effortlessly
• effortlessness
• effrontery
• effulgence
• effulgent
• effuse
• effusion
• effusive
• effusively
• effusiveness
• EFL