actory

English

Etymology

From actor +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æktəɹi

Adjective

actory (comparative more actory, superlative most actory)

1. Like, characteristic, or typical of an actor
   • 1995, Michael Kernan, The Lost Diaries of Frans Hals:

     A couple of his friends had gotten married in huge church ceremonies with morning coats and spats and one even with top hats, and it was all so actory, he thought, as though they were reenacting some ritual that their parents, or more likely their grandparents, had done for real.

Synonyms

• actorish
• actorlike
• actorly