soliloquynoun [ C ]
uk/səˈlɪl.ə.kwi/us/səˈlɪl.ə.kwi/plural soliloquies specializeda speech in a play that the character speaks to himself or herself or to the people watching rather than to the other characters:
Hamlet's soliloquy starts "To be or not to be".
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