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Definition of Soliloquy

1. Noun. Speech you make to yourself.

2. Noun. A (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections.

Definition of Soliloquy

1. n. The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.

Definition of Soliloquy

1. Noun. (drama) The act of a character speaking to himself so as to reveal his thoughts to the audience. ¹

2. Noun. A speech or written discourse in this form. ¹

3. Verb. (very rare) To issue a soliloquy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Soliloquy

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Soliloquy

solifugid solifugids soliloquies soliloquise soliloquised soliloquises soliloquising soliloquist soliloquists soliloquize

soliloquized soliloquizer soliloquizers soliloquizes soliloquizing soliloquy (current term) soling solion solions soliped

solipedous solipeds solipsism solipsisms solipsist solipsistic solipsistically solipsists soliquid soliquids

Literary usage of Soliloquy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Soliloquies of Shakespeare: A Study in Technic by Morris LeRoy Arnold (1911)
"165) with a monolog preliminary to jumping from a balcony, while Manfred's long soliloquy reveals his intention to suicide by leaping from a cliff (I, 2). ..."

2. The Soliloquies of Shakespeare: A Study in Technic by Morris LeRoy Arnold (1911)
"165) with a monolog preliminary to jumping from a balcony, while Manfred's long soliloquy reveals his intention to suicide by leaping from a cliff (I, 2). ..."

3. The Soliloquies of Shakespeare: A Study in Technic by Morris LeRoy Arnold (1911)
"165) with a monolog preliminary to jumping from a balcony, while Manfred's long soliloquy reveals his intention to suicide by leaping from a cliff (I, 2). ..."

4. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1824)
"ON HAMLET'S soliloquy " TO BB OB NOT TO BE." To BE or »ОТ ТО BE, that is the question. THIS celebrated soliloquy has been so highly extolled as a fine ..."

5. Wieland and Shaftesbury by Charles Elson (1913)
"soliloquy. Wit and Humor. Enthusiasm. Raillery While Shaftesbury was a great advocate of social intercourse, he attached great importance to what he calls ..."

6. Wieland and Shaftesbury by Charles Elson (1913)
"soliloquy. Wit and Humor. Enthusiasm. Raillery While Shaftesbury was a great advocate of social intercourse, he attached great importance to what he calls ..."

7. The Study of a Novel by Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (1905)
"Dialogue in a generic sense includes soliloquy, monologue, duologue, group conversation (which ... In soliloquy, in a strict sense, the speaker is alone, ..."

8. The Study of a Novel by Selden Lincoln Whitcomb (1905)
"Dialogue in a generic sense includes soliloquy, monologue, duologue, group conversation (which ... In soliloquy, in a strict sense, the speaker is alone, ..."

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