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- adjective Characteristic of an
actress - adjective
histrionic ortheatrical
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Examples
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Mrs. Lynde said she was very pretty ut kind of actressy looking, and must have been an awful lot younger than father.
Anne of Avonlea 1909
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Mrs. Lynde said she was very pretty but kind of actressy looking, and must have been an awful lot younger than father.
Anne of Avonlea 1908
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"The opposite of all that is beautiful" – a melodramatic, very actressy statement?
If only John Galliano's hate rant was a one-off | Barbara Ellen 2011
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Softley said that he was impressed by Roach's "understated and naturalistic" acting: "She took her work seriously without being 'actressy'," he said.
Thatcher role puts 'troublemaker from the valleys' on road to stardom 2011
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“Okay, girls, but put on sunhats,” said Samantha Pattison, who was wearing a pink Florida Marlins cap and these huge actressy sunglasses.
THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON BARBARA DEE 2010
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“Okay, girls, but put on sunhats,” said Samantha Pattison, who was wearing a pink Florida Marlins cap and these huge actressy sunglasses.
THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON BARBARA DEE 2010
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Fournier's father worried that funerary services might not be the best choice for a petite blonde with actressy good looks and a winning way with words.
Sharon Glassman: What is Work: Why to Have a Green Burial from "The Green Reaper" 2010
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“Okay, girls, but put on sunhats,” said Samantha Pattison, who was wearing a pink Florida Marlins cap and these huge actressy sunglasses.
THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON BARBARA DEE 2010
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“Okay, girls, but put on sunhats,” said Samantha Pattison, who was wearing a pink Florida Marlins cap and these huge actressy sunglasses.
THIS IS ME FROM NOW ON BARBARA DEE 2010
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Faye is SO actressy that I think she would have a lot of interesting things to share.
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