hamminess
- a word derived from hammy.
Example Sentences
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Discussion of the upcoming Los Angeles Olympics was mostly delivered with stilted hamminess from both, with Martin occasionally shoehorning in jokes that Meier did not pick up on.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2025
Freeman makes the most of the Lion’s scene-stealing silliness, reveling in the skittish big cat’s foppish hamminess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Brühl's Kreizler feels even stiffer, to the point of making Ted Levine's still-crooked Thomas Byrnes, the former police chief, achieve Snidely Whiplash levels of hamminess.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2020
With a lush wooded set and fetching costumes, it’s an impressive showpiece of the company — its animation and utterly right, go-for-it hamminess.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2017
But variations on them have continued to be irresistible to hams who enjoy sending up hamminess; hence the frequent revivals of shows like “Kiss Me, Kate” and “The Royal Family.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2015
