单词 | actorly |
释义 | actorlyadj. = actorish adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [adjective] > like or relating to actor actory1917 actorish1941 actorly1957 the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [adjective] > affectedly theatrical (of persons) actory1917 actorish1941 actorly2003 1957 Times 30 May 5/1 It is hard on the actor who must follow Sir Laurence Olivier in this part... Rober Helpmann..meets the challenge in good actorly style. 1969 Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 21/2 An ill-written, over-written actorly commentary booming forth ‘stirringly’ about the need to fight on. 1984 Listener 1 Mar. 32/1 We try to single out some quintessential actorly quality from the myriad other things that contribute to the meaning of a particular performance. 2003 D. Nicholls Starter for Ten xxxi. 275 Neil MacIntyre's the actorly bastard who spent most of the last term hobbling ostentatiously round the student bar on a pair of crutches to ‘get into character’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1957 |
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