Soliloquy
[sə'lɪləkwɪ] or [sə'lɪləkwi]
Definition
(noun.) a (usually long) dramatic speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections.
(noun.) speech you make to yourself.
Typed by Chauncey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of talking to one's self; a discourse made by one in solitude to one's self; monologue.
(n.) A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself.
Typed by Konrad
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Monologue.
Typed by Levi
Definition
n. a talking when solitary or to one's self: a discourse of a person not addressed to any one.—v.i. Solil′oquise to speak to one's self or utter a soliloquy.
Typist: Montague
Examples
- Having uttered this soliloquy, and looked after Job till he was to be seen no more, Mr. Weller made the best of his way to his master's bedroom. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Meanwhile the object of this soliloquy was striding up the avenue of the Grange at a rapid pace, and whistling gayly, out of sheer light-heartedness. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- It was the woman Cassy, who had stolen upon his soliloquy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She re-entered it soon after, apparently as composed as if she had really not overheard this strange soliloquy. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My strength is quite failing me, I said in a soliloquy. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Mas'r wants you to cotch Bill and Jerry, said Andy, cutting short Sam's soliloquy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Now for my soliloquy. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- I hope there ain't, but I can't make so 'Nation sure of that, said the guard, in gruff soliloquy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Such sensations, however, were too near akin to resentment to be long guiding Fanny's soliloquies. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
Typed by Ernestine