byplay Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈbaɪ.pleɪ]
  • Us [ ˈbaɪ.pleɪ]

Meaning of byplay In English

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Examples of byplay

  • Some actors scarcely ever need a hint at rehearsal, reading their speeches naturally the first time and finding for themselves the appropriate byplay,—"business," as technical phrase terms it. 

  • Strong was busy talking to someone on the portable intercom and had missed the byplay between the three finalists. 

  • Is this intentional or is it an accidental byplay?

  • This issue is too serious to admit of any byplay or cross-reference to other matters which are done in much more subordinate and insignificant directions.

  • Simultaneously, she is never afraid to engage in heated byplay with defendants and convicts alike to ensure a successful prosecution.

  • Grimaldi was known as a master in the use of expressions of the body and face, unique sense of comic timing, imaginative byplay, and his overall comic abilities.

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