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stagy

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
stagy adjective
or stagey /ˈsteɪʤi/
stagier; stagiest
stagy
adjective
or stagey /ˈsteɪʤi/
stagier; stagiest
Learner's definition of STAGY
: looking or seeming like something from a performance on a stage rather than something natural演戏似的;做作的;不自然的
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variants or stagey
stagier; stagiest
: of or characteristic of the stage
especially : marked by pretense or artificiality : theatrical
stagily adverb
staginess noun

Example Sentences

an artificial and stagy manner a motivational speaker whose stagy presentations motivate some listeners to head for the nearest exit
Recent Examples on the Web 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 One result of the coincidence was the emergence of a new kind of actress, emoting vividly in a stagy accent acquired somewhere between Bryn Mawr and Broadway. Jesse Green, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020 Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous — stagy, in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2019 There’s a pandering, stagy political debate and too many Big Messages wrapped in tearful professions. Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019 Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous — stagy, in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2019 Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous — stagy, in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2019 Yet her characterization of Bernadette feels a mite strenuous — stagy, in the wrong way, as opposed to film-y in the right, Linklater way. Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1856, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stagy was in 1856
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