Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See stagy, staginess, 1.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
stagy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
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Examples
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Thou wert right as usual, it was theatrical how do you call stagey, is it not?
We Two, a novel Edna Lyall 1880
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I suppose Mandeville would say that acting has got into a mannerism which is well described as stagey, and is supposed to be natural to the stage; just as half the modern poets write in a recognized form of literary manufacture, without the least impulse from within, and not with the purpose of saying anything, but of turning out a piece of literary work.
The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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His acting is very realistic, not at all stagey, which isn't common in this era.
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 2008
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What is impressively large scale and grand in the house becomes flat and "stagey" in two dimensions.
Ivan Katz: And So Falleth the Sky Ivan Katz 2011
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What is impressively large scale and grand in the house becomes flat and "stagey" in two dimensions.
Ivan Katz: And So Falleth the Sky Ivan Katz 2011
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What is impressively large scale and grand in the house becomes flat and "stagey" in two dimensions.
Ivan Katz: And So Falleth the Sky Ivan Katz 2011
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What is impressively large scale and grand in the house becomes flat and "stagey" in two dimensions.
Ivan Katz: And So Falleth the Sky Ivan Katz 2011
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Critics say the film is dated, "stagey," and implausible.
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a mannerism which is well described as stagey, and is supposed to be natural to the stage; just as half the modern poets write in a recognized form of literary manufacture, without the least impulse from within, and not with the purpose of saying anything, but of turning out
Backlog Studies Charles Dudley Warner 1864
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It is the extreme of the modern tendency toward dramatic narrative, and is just a little too "stagey" and artificial to be a perfect short story.
Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story Charles Raymond Barrett
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