stagey
adjective
a variant of stagy.
Example Sentences
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While there’s the occasional amusingly idiosyncratic section of dialogue that sounds like a series of stagily poetic non-sequiturs, much of the couple’s bonding feels straightforward and unremarkable.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
But generally the four actors are stagily housebound in director Megan Behm’s functionally moody production, which is dominated by a rain-splattered windowpane upstage.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2017
Over to our two principals, who can’t wait to be stagily coy about their relationship, and at considerable length.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 16, 2017
Huisman is very good in Adaline, but the movie requires him to do little more than smolder in Lively’s direction—much as Dinklage, for example, has had to be stagily sneaky in both Thrones and X-Men.
From Time ● Apr. 27, 2015
But even the big men sometimes fall victims to the popular conception, as when a Byron stagily takes the centre of the universe, and looms lurid like the spirit of the Brocken.
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
