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offscreen
[awf-skreen, of-]
adjective
occurring, existing, or done away from the motion-picture or television screen.
an offscreen voice.
in real life rather than on the motion-picture or television screen.
the newscaster's offscreen personality.
adverb
apart or away from motion-picture or television performances; in actual life.
Offscreen he's a racing-car enthusiast.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of offscreen1
Example Sentences
As Takei shares stories about his family moving to Skid Row after being released from the wartime incarceration camps, getting introduced to radio and comic books as he adjusted to his new life and the aspirational ideals upheld by “Star Trek,” he occasionally glances offscreen to banter with his husband, Brad, who is out of frame but close enough to interject if he chooses.
Yet, offscreen, she was an avid reader with strongly held leftist political views, who chose divorce when her husbands tried to limit her professional ambitions.
That emotional investment is reflected in the genuine offscreen bond between Einbinder and Smart.
Thankfully for Cimino, the car family at the heart of “Motorheads” was as tight-knit offscreen as it looks onscreen.
Offscreen, Lincoln also sold her clothing line on QVC and returned to her home state to launch her Actors Audition Studios and raise a family.
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