surreal

surreal
surreally, adv.surreality /seuh ree al"i tee/, n.
/seuh ree"euhl, -reel"/, adj.
1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of surrealism; surrealistic.
2. having the disorienting, hallucinatory quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic: surreal complexities of the bureaucracy.
[1935-40; back formation from SURREALISM; see SUR-1, REAL1]

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