half-theatrical
- a word derived from theatrical.
Example Sentences
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No less finely had he conveyed the something half-theatrical which characterized that face, the slightly affected set of the mouth, the far-off look in the eyes, the elaborate arrangement of the hair.
From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels by Hawthorne, Julian
All these young men seemed to him to revel in their bad taste, and their conversation, half-theatrical, half-artistic, was of a character that he could not enter into.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton
Their half-theatrical exhibition reminded her of some play she had seen; they might be the clue to some story, or the mere worthless hoardings of a diseased fancy.
From By Shore and Sedge by Harte, Bret
I cut the enclosed from a sort of half-sporting, half-theatrical paper our fellows get; no doubt the paragraph is true enough.
From Macleod of Dare by Black, William
Then he took his hat, and with a half-theatrical bow all round, and a smile at Sacovitch, he left the room.
From In Direst Peril by Murray, David Christie
