Definition of Chekhovian in English:
Chekhovian
adjective tʃɛˈkəʊvɪənˌtʃɛˈkoʊviən
Relating to or characteristic of the Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov or his works.
a vaguely Chekhovian tale of three sisters
Example sentencesExamples
- Deep emotion, pathos, and laughter through tears are all hallmarks of the Chekhovian oeuvre.
- Her Chekhovian misadventure earns points for effort.
- This last performance was hailed as one of the finest Chekhovian performances he had ever seen.
- He became a schoolmaster until his first West End success with a Chekhovian domestic drama about an insurance salesman incapable of fulfilling his own dreams of a better life.
- What a glorious film it is, Chekhovian in its wit and melancholy.
- His fiction aspired to, and often achieved, a Chekhovian mixture of comic concision and pathos.
- She has been called Chekhovian in that she writes the comedy of ironic twists and hidden intentions.
- There are Chekhovian echoes in its depiction of a way of life about to pass into oblivion.
Rhymes
Harrovian, Jovian, Pavlovian
Definition of Chekhovian in US English:
Chekhovian
adjectiveˌtʃɛˈkoʊviənˌCHeˈkōvēən
Relating to or characteristic of the Russian playwright and short-story writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov or his works.
a vaguely Chekhovian tale of three sisters
Example sentencesExamples
- There are Chekhovian echoes in its depiction of a way of life about to pass into oblivion.
- This last performance was hailed as one of the finest Chekhovian performances he had ever seen.
- His fiction aspired to, and often achieved, a Chekhovian mixture of comic concision and pathos.
- What a glorious film it is, Chekhovian in its wit and melancholy.
- Her Chekhovian misadventure earns points for effort.
- Deep emotion, pathos, and laughter through tears are all hallmarks of the Chekhovian oeuvre.
- She has been called Chekhovian in that she writes the comedy of ironic twists and hidden intentions.
- He became a schoolmaster until his first West End success with a Chekhovian domestic drama about an insurance salesman incapable of fulfilling his own dreams of a better life.