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/səˈlɪləkwi/ · noun
(drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience..
At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.
Yet if I were to say […] that Hamlet's soliloquy had been much over-rated, it would not be said, on this account, that I was unable to appreciate Shakespeare.
The feeling of Singleton's bosom grew heightened in its tone of melancholy, and a more passionate emphasis of thought broke forth in his half-muttered soliloquy:— ¶"How I remember as I look […]
Here is a very over-simplified example, this time expressed in the form of a subjective soliloquy rather than a computer simulation.
Use soliloquy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Soliloquy means (drama) The act of a character speaking to themselves so as to reveal their thoughts to the audience..
Common synonyms include soliloquize, monologue.
Possible antonyms include colloquy, dialogue, dialog.
At the end of the second act the main villain gave a soliloquy detailing his plans to attack the protagonist.
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