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nonactorish en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + actorish.

Meanings

1. Not actorish; natural; genuine.
   • 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:
   • 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:
   • With hyper pacing and naturalistic (nonactorish) performances, Kids earns its claimed authenticity. 2015, Emanuel Levy, Gay Directors, Gay Films?:

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