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
It may be doubted whether the idea is one well suited to exhibition in a quasi-dramatic form.
From Famous Reviews by Johnson, R. Brimley
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 Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
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
Paracelsus, though only a series of quasi-dramatic scenes, suggested considerable undeveloped capacity for drama.
From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
