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as in theatrical
given to or marked by attention-getting behavior suggestive of stage acting
a motivational speaker whose stagy presentations motivate some listeners to head for the nearest exit
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as in dramatic
having the general quality or effect of a stage performance
the president's and the prime minister's public display of mutual admiration was a little too stagy to be convincing
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Recent Examples of stagy
Here was elegance without exaggeration, tension and beauty without stagy excess.
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James Shapiro, The New York Review of Books, 3 Jan. 2025
This framing device, which has the clunky air of a middlebrow play, provides a convenient if stagy way of breaking down his biography into manageable parts.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Advertisement Gwen Grastorf’s embodiment of the scheming goody-goody Arsinoë is a tad stagy, but the character is still a fine foil for the quick-witted Célimène.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
The fact that the film was made inexpensively, though not a vice in and of itself, is not especially compensated for by Joe Collins’ cinematography, which renders Heffernan’s compositions flat, stagy and small.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
The stagy devices give the impression of notions that may have seemed like brainstorms in rehearsal but in performance feel overly artificial.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
Its weapon is maximalism: with velvet tuxedos, stagy service and a love for all the props and paraphernalia of midcentury American dining.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
All good but drifting into stagy with a tad too much branding.
—Freep.com, 8 May 2020
But the overture is long, and the episode turns stagy and exaggerated.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
James Shapiro, The New York Review of Books, 3 Jan. 2025
This framing device, which has the clunky air of a middlebrow play, provides a convenient if stagy way of breaking down his biography into manageable parts.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
Advertisement Gwen Grastorf’s embodiment of the scheming goody-goody Arsinoë is a tad stagy, but the character is still a fine foil for the quick-witted Célimène.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
The fact that the film was made inexpensively, though not a vice in and of itself, is not especially compensated for by Joe Collins’ cinematography, which renders Heffernan’s compositions flat, stagy and small.
—Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
The stagy devices give the impression of notions that may have seemed like brainstorms in rehearsal but in performance feel overly artificial.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
Its weapon is maximalism: with velvet tuxedos, stagy service and a love for all the props and paraphernalia of midcentury American dining.
—Pete Wells, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
All good but drifting into stagy with a tad too much branding.
—Freep.com, 8 May 2020
But the overture is long, and the episode turns stagy and exaggerated.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stagy
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Netflix has approved a limited theatrical run for Greta Gerwig‘s forthcoming Chronicles of Narnia adaptation.Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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Imax was also part of streamer Apple’s wide theatrical releases for Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
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That would add another dramatic twist to a story that is full of surprises.John Brandon, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Barring a dramatic turn of the weather, the national semifinal game between Ohio State and Texas will start on time, according to the Cotton Bowl.Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
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These are landscapes without the operatic vistas and ostensibly untrammeled serenity of Bierstadt.Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Image Linda Lavin was born on Oct. 15, 1937, in Portland, Maine, the second child of Lucille (Potter) Lavin, a former operatic soprano, and David Joseph Lavin, a businessman.Anita Gates, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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Movies in this questionably political category tend to feature othered people dealing with some melodramatic version of struggle.Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
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Instead, their presence tips the narrative into something both more melodramatic and more conventional, with blazing showdowns and a climax of moral retribution worthy of Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Stagy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagy. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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