Antonyms for byplay


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bahy-pley
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbaɪˌpleɪ


Definition of byplay

  • As in deed : noun achievement
Example sentences :
  • They rode too hard, they were too much in earnest, to take the time for byplay.
  • Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart
  • Miss Leonora sat rather grimly looking on at all this byplay.
  • Extract from : « The Perpetual Curate » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
  • He found time also, when the press of the season was over, for some byplay as a reviewer.
  • Extract from : « Musical Criticisms » by Arthur Johnstone
  • Some byplay among the gypsies supplies the humor of the situations.
  • Extract from : « The Standard Light Operas » by George Upton
  • Husband and wife "took turns" from the single cup; there was gayety and byplay.
  • Extract from : « The Higher Court » by Mary Stewart Daggett
  • Child's play—and byplay; yet not, perhaps, utterly irrelevant.
  • Extract from : « The Great Miss Driver » by Anthony Hope
  • For what is known is the other sort of reality, which is the byplay of the mind.
  • Extract from : « The Concept of Nature » by Alfred North Whitehead
  • This byplay between Ochiltree and the officer did not serve to make Harper any more easy in his mind.
  • Extract from : « Motor Matt's Hard Luck » by Stanley R. Matthews
  • A 'byplay' bearing the same name follows an elegy upon the death of an only son.
  • Extract from : « The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century » by Leo Wiener
  • So, there, by one byplay of the mind or another, it survived in changing raiment.
  • Extract from : « The Divine Adventure etc. (Works vol. 4) » by Fiona Macleod

Synonyms for byplay

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