histrionically love

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a histrionic manner; theatrically.

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  • adverb In a histrionic manner.

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Examples

  • The grievances of the outlanders are real even if Mr. Paladino, who seems to glory in carrying a chip on his shoulder, has expressed them histrionically.

    The Broadway-Buffalo Divide Fred Siegel 2010

  • Addressing the possibility of the GOP-led Congress not voting to raise the debt ceiling, Austan Goolsbee, President Obama's top economic adviser, histrionically asserted this month: This is not a game.

    A Price for Raising the Debt Ceiling Arthur B. Laffer 2011

  • Both parties are now striding histrionically across the stage, pronouncing in loud, mellifluous tones how determined and proud they are to stick to their core principles while demanding that the other side be the first to compromise, the theory being that the other side is more likely to abandon their core principles because, let's be honest, they aren't really core principles so much as re-election talking points.

    Will Durst: Crouching Lurkers Will Durst 2011

  • So I just thought, What the hell, it's a literary show and a lot of this early work was at least loosely and histrionically literary-based, so why don't I just do that!

    Robert Ayers: "Almost Political By Accident." A Conversation With Artist Kara Walker. Robert Ayers 2010

  • So I just thought, What the hell, it's a literary show and a lot of this early work was at least loosely and histrionically literary-based, so why don't I just do that!

    Robert Ayers: "Almost Political By Accident." A Conversation With Artist Kara Walker. Robert Ayers 2010

  • Both parties are now striding histrionically across the stage, pronouncing in loud, mellifluous tones how determined and proud they are to stick to their core principles while demanding that the other side be the first to compromise, the theory being that the other side is more likely to abandon their core principles because, let's be honest, they aren't really core principles so much as re-election talking points.

    Will Durst: Crouching Lurkers Will Durst 2011

  • If there's a crucial election – Dewey versus Truman, say – then Ma and Pa argue histrionically while a baby and a dog get on with life as usual.

    The norms of Norman Rockwell | Peter Preston 2011

  • Speaker after speaker at various AIPAC conferences over the past decade including, most histrionically, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has invoked the Holocaust when discussing the possibility of an Iranian nuclear weapon.

    MJ Rosenberg: AIPAC's Latest Strategy MJ Rosenberg 2011

  • Both parties are now striding histrionically across the stage, pronouncing in loud, mellifluous tones how determined and proud they are to stick to their core principles while demanding that the other side be the first to compromise, the theory being that the other side is more likely to abandon their core principles because, let's be honest, they aren't really core principles so much as re-election talking points.

    Will Durst: Crouching Lurkers Will Durst 2011

  • So I just thought, What the hell, it's a literary show and a lot of this early work was at least loosely and histrionically literary-based, so why don't I just do that!

    Robert Ayers: "Almost Political By Accident." A Conversation With Artist Kara Walker. Robert Ayers 2010

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  • Excessively dramatic or emotional; affected.

    "Molly sighed, histrionically, and say looking at him, a look of half-compassionate contempt around her mouth." pg 29, The Golden Notebook, Doris Lessing

    February 9, 2008

  • I can't believe histrionically wasn't already listed. I don't...I could.. I could spit when I think I could have claimed a first with it. I could scream. I will scream. I am SCREAMING!!!!!!!!!!! That's it. No more wordie. I've had enough.

    And I'm not coming back. No. Not ever. How could this happen? I felt at home here. I feel betrayed. AAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!

    Why are you looking at me like THAT?

    I suppose you think I'm putting this on. Well I'm NOT. I'm SERIOUS. GOOD BYE.

    February 9, 2008

  • Don't take it so hard gangerh. WE CAN'T GO ON WITHOUT YOU! AND I'M SERIOUS, DAMN IT! HOLY SHIT!

    February 9, 2008

  • No. I'm sorry. It's gone too far this time. I couldn't live with myself. I REALLY MEAN IT - I CAN'T TAKE ANY MOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRE! Good BYE!

    February 9, 2008

  • Oh, don't be so histrionic.

    I mean, DON'T BE SO HISTRIONIC!!!! ;->

    February 10, 2008

  • "I'm going to fall off Jim's willow!", Tom screamed histrionically.

    February 14, 2008

  • Timely.

    February 14, 2008