stagey
adjective
a variant of stagy.
Example Sentences
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No one has ever written an alternate history that didn’t reek of staginess, but Mr. Boyne’s cast comes coated with greasepaint.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
But the staginess of the writing makes it difficult for any of the actors to transcend the shtick that’s been assigned to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
Yes, there’s a staginess to it all: the quintet sitting around on the floor husking vegetables, dismantling a chicken, dining.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
This doesn’t confuse anything: being continually reminded of the artifice of performance helps us forgive the play’s occasional staginess.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 28, 2019
He looks like a rock star, but he has none of a rock star’s swagger and braggadocio and staginess.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
