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- adjective Pertaining or proper to an
actor
Etymologies
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Examples
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Paulina Gaitan had extensive experience in Mexican television, but she does not give an "actorly" performance as Sayra.
Home Theater Forum 2009
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Paulina Gaitan had extensive experience in Mexican television, but she does not give an "actorly" performance as Sayra.
Home Theater Forum 2009
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thinking it was some kind of actorly affectation like Tom Cruise is bucking for awards!
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Mr. Assayas's fluid camera, sensitivity to actorly dynamics, and affinity for globalized scenarios flow perfectly, animating a historical cipher as a vain, ego-driven, real-life Bond villain who seduces dark-eyed women and Third World leaders with equal ease — even if most of his operations were bungled jobs.
The Best of the Fest Greater New York Staff 2010
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LFF screenings no longer open with a handsomely mounted short film, nor does an actorly voice belonging to Michael Caine or Chiwetel Ejiofor tell us we're watching the best films from around the world, here, in London.
Trailer Trash Jason Solomons 2010
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With his gentle disposition – the impeccable manners seem second nature rather than an actorly affectation – you rather wonder how Redmayne will cope with the spotlight.
Eddie Redmayne: the loneliness of being a hot young actor 2011
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A subtler, actorly touch: the way he lowered his voice to just above a whisper for his triumph-of-the-American-spirit moment "We do big things!"
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It's a hermetic, actorly event—a humid exploration of William Faulkner 's epigram, The past is never dead.
Bombshells and Boxers Steve Dollar 2011
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It's a hermetic, actorly event—a humid exploration of William Faulkner 's epigram, The past is never dead.
Bombshells and Boxers Steve Dollar 2011
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A subtler, actorly touch: the way he lowered his voice to just above a whisper for his triumph-of-the-American-spirit moment "We do big things!"
State of the political body language: Did Obama, Ryan, Bachmann have the moves to impress at SOTU? The Reliable Source 2011
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