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histrionically

  • a word derived from histrionic.
    histrionic
    adjective
    of or relating to actors or acting.

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Junk dealers bid, as histrionically as possible, on the contents of abandoned storage spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026

Young Dalí is played histrionically by Ezra Miller, the intense young Gala by Avital Lvova.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Some excitable professors now histrionically regret having elected Sweet president of the American Historical Association.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022

Rousseau is unlikely to have received his epiphany so histrionically; he may have already started formulating his heresies.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 25, 2016

“Help me, sir,” Ignatius slobbered, grabbing histrionically at the lapels of Mr. Levy’s sports jacket.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole