actressy
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of actressy
Example Sentences
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At my toughest moments — it sounds very dramatic and actressy — but I would try to summon her in my funny little beige plastic-lined trailer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
She studied me, she did not speak, she cocked her head, pursed her lips, and pressed a finger to her cheek, in actressy reflection, liking the suspense she was creating.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2019
She had, one editor recalled, “a particularly actressy voice.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2016
It’s a remarkably unsentimental performance, free of actressy self-enjoyment: Kelli is no noble martyred war hero but a troubled woman who can be self-pitying, ungrateful, and infuriatingly passive.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2012
And not a bit stagey or actressy, and rather what you call an uncut diamond—a gem in her way, but not fine beur, not exactly.
From The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker
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