Definition of campy
campier;
campiest
: in the style of camp : absurdly exaggerated, artificial, or affected in a usually humorous way
- campy horror movies
- campy humor
- Witnessing their synchronized routine, he almost expects them to break into some campy chorus line from one of the seedier nightclubs.
- —Margaret Atwood
- He could modify his outbursts into what were sometimes hilariously campy performances.
- —Robert Gray
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campily
play \ˈkam-pə-lē\ adverb-
- The new film promises to be as campily outrageous as its predecessors.
- —John Stark
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- … the Addams Family, the campily macabre clan created by the late cartoonist Charles Addams …
- —Margot Dougherty
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campiness
play \ˈkam-pē-nəs\ noun-
- … hoped to take Rocketeer to a much higher level of sophistication and avoid the campiness of some of the more recent comics-inspired films.
- —Ron Magid
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- … a power-mad despot, played with exhilarating campiness by John Malkovich.
- —Steven Rebello
