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storybook

adjective [before noun]
 
 
/ˈstɔː.ri.bʊk/ US  /ˈstɔːr.i-/

Definition

(of real life situations) happy and pleasant in the way that situations in children's stories usually are: If you're looking for a storybook romance, you're always going to be disappointed.Perfect and faultlessUnspoilt
(Definition of storybook adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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