a stagy manner

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• stagy — stag|y stagey [ˈsteıdʒi] adj behaviour that is stagy is not natural and is like the way an actor behaves on a stage ▪ a very stagy manner >stagily adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• stagy stagey — adjective behaviour that is stagy is not natural and is like the way an actor behaves on a stage: a very stagy manner stagily adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Stagy — Sta gy (st[=a] j[y^]), a. [Written also {stagey}.] Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; chiefly used depreciatively. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• stagy — stag•y or stagey [[t]ˈsteɪ dʒi[/t]] adj. stag•i•er, stag•i•est 1) pertaining to or suggestive of the stage 2) overdone in a flamboyantly theatrical manner • Etymology: 1855–60 stag′i•ly, adv. stag′i•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

• stagey — Stagy Sta gy (st[=a] j[y^]), a. [Written also {stagey}.] Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; chiefly used depreciatively. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• theatrically — adverb 1. in a stagy and theatrical manner (Freq. 2) I cannot show my face at her house, he declared theatrically • Syn: ↑stagily • Derived from adjective: ↑theatrical, ↑stagy (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• stagily — adverb in a stagy and theatrical manner I cannot show my face at her house, he declared theatrically • Syn: ↑theatrically • Derived from adjective: ↑theatrical (for: ↑theatrically), ↑stagy …   Useful english dictionary

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