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actorly

actorly adjective: pertaining or proper to an actor.

Adjective

actorly (comparative more actorly, superlative most actorly)

  1. Pertaining or proper to an actor.
    • Will it be the technically wondrous charms of "Benjamin Button" or the actorly accomplishments of "Milk" ?2009 January 2, David Carr, “I'm Trying to See All These Movies. You Want to Talk? Go Home!”, in New York Times

Synonyms of actorly

Forms of actorly

comparativemore actorly
superlativemost actorly

Origin of actorly

From actor + -ly.

Words formed from actorly

Questions about actorly

What does actorly mean?
Actorly means pertaining or proper to an actor.
What part of speech is actorly?
Actorly is an adjective.

Words near actorly in the dictionary

  1. actorish
  2. actorishly
  3. actorishness
  4. actorism
  5. actorlike
  6. actorly
  7. actornaut
  8. actornauts
  9. actorness
  10. actorney
  11. actorneys

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