nonactorish
nonactorish adjective: not actorish; natural; genuine.
Adjective
nonactorish (comparative more nonactorish, superlative most nonactorish)
- Not actorish; natural; genuine.
- Another good effort, the nonactorish playing of academy troublemakers in The Strange One, is nearly ruined by Gazzara's self-satisfied pantomime and three bit players who use banality to plug up the slapdash generalizing of Willingham's script.1981, Mario Eugenio Beguiristain, Theatrical Realism: An American Film Style of the Fifties, page 645
- Jennifer Grey (Joel Grey's daughter) is a little guarded and nonactorish, and that works for her in the part of Baby, who's unformed.1987 September 7, David Denby, “The Princess and the Peon”, in New York Magazine, volume 20, number 35, page 61
Forms of nonactorish
| comparative | more nonactorish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most nonactorish |
Origin of nonactorish
From non- + actorish.
Questions about nonactorish
- What does nonactorish mean?
- Nonactorish means not actorish; natural; genuine.
- What part of speech is nonactorish?
- Nonactorish is an adjective.
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