† stagelyadj.
Etymology: < stage n. + -ly suffix1.
Obsolete.
rare.
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > [adjective] > resembling stage production
1656 168 Nor may this be called an histrionike parada, or stagely visard and hypocrisie.
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