dramatic
adjective
of or relating to the drama.
quasi-dramatic
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a word derived from
dramatic.
Example Sentences
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“Ushuaia,” by Ms. Wiles, has more brio and more moments of spatial and quasi-dramatic tension; it’s set to the Partita No. 1 from Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber’s “Harmonia Artificioso-Ariosa.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2015
Pauline might in some indefinite degree reflect Browning's own feelings, but in the later poems he adopts his characteristic method of speaking in a quasi-dramatic mood.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various
It is difficult to give particulars, but would be improper to omit all mention, of such dramatic or quasi-dramatic work as the libretti of operas, farces for performance at fairs and the like.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
It may be doubted whether the idea is one well suited to exhibition in a quasi-dramatic form.
From Famous Reviews by R. Brimley Johnson
The Rowley poems include, among other things, a number of dramatic or quasi-dramatic pieces, "Goddwyn," "The Tournament," "The Parliament of Sprites"; the narrative poem of "The Battle of Hastings," and a collection of "eclogues."
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
