Example Sentences

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“He was indeed very French,” says Curry, campily.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

All these moments compensate for the softer corners this season manifested in the usual physical farce and misdirects, and the questionable choice to make Andrea Martin's Joy as campily vivacious as she comes across.

From Salon • Aug. 8, 2023

I’m not the only one who has kept the campily delightful show in the back of his mind: It’s firmly lodged in our cultural semiconscious.

From New York Times • May 16, 2018

On screen he is prone to the smoulder; up close he beams unselfconsciously, campily tactile, eager to connect, recalling stories in dialogue form, rather than precis.

From The Guardian • May 23, 2013

But the big action scene is so campily over the top—with one twist so unforeseeable—that it sent me out on a burst of grudging goodwill.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2012