theatricallyadv.
/θiːˈatrɪkəli/ 1. In a theatrical manner or style; in relation to the theatre; dramatically; as a public spectacle.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [adverb] > in theatrical or exaggerated manner
histrionically?1631
theatrically1647
stagily1867
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adverb]
egregiously1553
hyperbolically1555
overreachingly1571
hyperbolicly1596
overlashinglya1613
superlativelyc1615
exaggerately1646
theatrically1647
fulsomely1657
fancifully1801
exaggeratedly1854
exaggeratively1856
exaggeratingly1858
over the top1935
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [adverb]
theatrically1647
dramatically1839
spectacularly1859
sensationally1860
1647 J. Trapp Mellificium Theol. in Comm. Epist. & Rev. 637 The Pharisees..did all theatrically, histrionically, hypocritically, ‘to be seen of men’.
1669 Bp. E. Hopkins Serm. 1 Peter (1685) 71 Here royal and sacred blood is theatrically spilt.
1727 A. Pope Artimesia 139 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. Her Voice theatrically loud.
1813 Examiner 29 Mar. 205/1 Whether good taste considers such a deformity as theatrically picturesque.
1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 407 Some forty years after Caius Marius had so theatrically taken his seat amidst its ruins.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > slopingly > sloping upwards all round
theatre-wise1629
amphitheatrically1716
theatrically1751
1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Woburn On one side of this water..there are high hills, that are planted theatrically with ever-greens.
1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 Misc. Ess. 174/2 It has a strong appearance of benches; which never rise theatrically in these buildings abroad.
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