surrealistically
In dreamlike fashion
In a surrealistic manner—with the dreamlike, irrational, or bizarre quality associated with surrealist art.
The adverb typically describes scenes, imagery, or narratives that defy ordinary logic: The film surrealistically juxtaposed a melting clock with a burning giraffe.
Often used loosely to mean strangely or absurdly: Events unfolded surrealistically fast.
Relating to dreams
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
chimerical · spectral · apparitional · reverie · subconscious · lucid · delirium · mirage
Spanish surrealist painter
- MagritteBelgian surrealist painter
- MiróSurrealist painter from Spain
- Man RayAvant-garde photographer, Dadaist
- BretonBrittany's Celtic language
automatism · juxtaposition · montage · collage · frottage · melting clocks · disembodied · metamorphic
In nonsensical manner
- grotesquelyIn disturbingly unnatural way
- weirdlyIn an unusual manner
- uncannilyDisturbingly beyond normal
- incongruouslyIn mismatched manner
preposterously · outlandishly · illogically · irrationally · anomalously · peculiarly · fantastically · whimsically
Solid-to-liquid transition
- distortedMisshapen from original form
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- disembodiedWithout a physical body
- elongatedStretched beyond usual dimensions
fragmented · juxtaposed · impossible · inverted · displaced · metamorphosing · superimposed · transparent
oneiric
Relating to dreams
- phantasmagoricBizarrely dreamlike and shifting
- hallucinatorySeeming falsely perceived
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
visionary · chimerical · spectral · apparitional · reverie · subconscious · lucid · delirium · mirage · trance
Dalí
Spanish surrealist painter
- MagritteBelgian surrealist painter
- MiróSurrealist painter from Spain
- Man RayAvant-garde photographer, Dadaist
Breton · automatism · juxtaposition · montage · collage · frottage · melting clocks · disembodied · metamorphic · biomorphic
absurdly
In nonsensical manner
- grotesquelyIn disturbingly unnatural way
- weirdlyIn an unusual manner
- uncannilyDisturbingly beyond normal
incongruously · preposterously · outlandishly · illogically · irrationally · anomalously · peculiarly · fantastically · whimsically · inexplicably
melting
Solid-to-liquid transition
- distortedMisshapen from original form
- floatingStaying atop liquid
- disembodiedWithout a physical body
elongated · fragmented · juxtaposed · impossible · inverted · displaced · metamorphosing · superimposed · transparent · labyrinthine
surrealisticallyrealistically
In a sensible manner
naturalistically · representationally · photographically · documentarily · literally
surrealisticallyrationally
In a logical manner
logically · coherently · sensibly · reasonably · lucidly
surrealisticallyconventionally
In accepted manner
ordinarily · mundanely · normally · typically · plainly
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