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We first meet those neighbors stagily posed on scenic designer Grisele González’s realistic set, which depicts two backyard gardens in Northwest Washington.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2023

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

His timing is stagily perfect, since Levinson needs help out of this jam.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2016

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

The music is like the stagecraft: now and then simply dramatic, now and then stagily undramatic; sometimes rich and splendid, sometimes threadbare and vulgar.

From Old Scores and New Readings Discussions on Music & Certain Musicians by Runciman, John F.