soliloqual

English

Etymology

From soliloquy +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɒˈlɪ.ləʊ.kwəl/
  • Hyphenation: so‧li‧lo‧qual

Adjective

soliloqual (not comparable)

  1. (rare) speaking to oneself
    • 1914, George Washington Cable, chapter XXVIII, in Gideon's band; a tale of the Mississippi‎[1], Charles Scribner's Sons, page 188:
      She went limp, hid her face, swayed, sank to one knee, and filled the whole width of the narrow passage with arms and draperies, the meanwhile breaking into a laugh so wholly soliloqual that the two players became learners.
    • 2001, David M. Besaw, chapter 3, in Joshua‎[2], Trafford Publishing, page 21:
      He often stood in the doorway in the morning stretching his arms, scratching his beard and judging the day’s weather, but today he was reminiscent and a soliloqual inner voice retraced his past, weighing life’s successes and failures in the way he saw things.
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