stagy

adjective \ ˈstā-jē \

variants: or stagey

|Updated on: 8 Jun 2018

Examples: stagy in a Sentence

Definition of stagy

stagier; stagiest

: of or characteristic of the stage; especially : marked by pretense or artificiality : theatrical

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stagily

play \ˈstā-jə-lē\ adverb

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staginess

play \ˈstā-jē-nəs\ noun

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Examples of stagy in a Sentence

an artificial and stagy manner
a motivational speaker whose stagy presentations motivate some listeners to head for the nearest exit

Recent Examples of stagy from the Web

Although the action, set in the early 1900s, unfolds almost entirely in and around a Russian lakeside estate, the film rarely feels static or stagy, with enough brisk editing, active camerawork and intimate framing to make for satisfying cinema.

— gary goldstein, latimes.com, "Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan and Elisabeth Moss headline lively new film version of 'The Seagull'," 8 May 2018
Painted in Day-Glo colors and shot in less than a month in Budapest, the movie has a stagy stiffness that grows more irritating by the minute.

— vaughn stein, New York Times, "Review: Revenge Goes Sour in ‘Terminal’," 10 May 2018
The upshot is a headlong final act that aims at stark political theater but at times comes off as only stagy.

— peter ho davies, New York Times, "An ‘Antigone’ for a Time of Terror," 29 Sep. 2017
Youngest sister Rose (a sympathetic if sometimes stagy Carina Lastimosa), who lost a fiance to the war, is more directionless and haunted by the past.

— sam hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: Heartbreaking legacy of Japanese internment camps haunts Walnut Creek stage," 5 Apr. 2017
Riggs’ book — along with all its sequels — has soared in popularity through the combination of whimsy and stagy nostalgia that fuels so much of the young-adult lit craze.

— steve donoghue, The Denver Post, "In 1980s New Jersey, a quest for teen boys’ Holy Grail," 26 Mar. 2017

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