Definition of stagy in English:

stagy

(also stagey)

adjectivestagier, stagiest ˈsteɪdʒiˈsteɪdʒi

Excessively theatrical; exaggerated.
a stagy melodramatic voice
Example sentencesExamples
- These songs prove him capable of focusing more on visceral appeal and less on stagy esotericism while maintaining his intellectual ambition, and one hopes this album is a steppingstone toward cementing this vision.
- The Ada is tucked away from the coast up a hill, though it also maintains its own separate seafront complete with a pier, bar and some stagey awnings.
- The dialogue, however, is quite stagey and unconvincing.
- Webster begins on such a stagy note that he loses the chance to move the audience, making it one of the less-compelling chunks of this mostly amusing evening of seldom-performed Chekhov.
- The enforced gloom, a stagey attempt to copy the drama of Caravaggio's chiaroscuro, lessens the impact of the pictures themselves when seen in clear light.
- For all their charms, Mamet's early films had a stagy, mannered quality that kept the viewer at arm's length.
- The muffled sound, his stagey singing voice, and the documentated scenes in a car as he presses buttons on his boom box and makes a mixed tape are presented with dead seriousness.
- Paradoxically, the stagey lighting, shoddy sets, breaks between shots, all create a hyper reality.
- Floyd, who writes his own texts, may not have handled the subject with any great subtlety, and the opera's broad theatrics can sometimes seem stagy, but its dramatic honesty registers powerfully every time.
- The final fifteen minutes in particular, which theoretically contain the showdown between Stray Cat and Hundred Eyes, is a banal barrage of stagy and pretentious imagery.
- A worthy attempt was made at historical accuracy; the script and acting were excellent, but some critics disliked the stagey sets and painted backdrops, and today this splendid series is largely forgotten.
- So much theatre is painfully stagey and overdone (people falling to their knees and declaiming ‘you've torn out my soul’ and all that sort of thing) that I find most of it laughable.
- What could have easily been a stagy endeavour is kept fresh by capable direction and clever coverage by director Andrew Shea.
- William Hurt is a willing, low-key accomplice, a good foil for Kosminsky's gracious manner and slightly stagy cheerfulness.
- The disused railway station at Crouch End had a stagey eeriness, even on a bright hot day; and the abandoned play park was so dilapidated that you could almost sense the accident-claim lawyers lurking in the trees.
- In restaurants, as in theater, patrons pay for a lush, contrived setting replete with stagey scenery and sophisticated lighting techniques.
- The programme, largely monologue, consisted of a woolly, stagey ramble through her life and times.
- The prize was to be awarded by Betjeman, to the accompaniment of some pretty stagy effects, at Burton Constable.
- Although it is stunningly shot, the film has a stagey grandiose feel that begs the viewer to see it as more than it is.
- She had to deliver a very stagey monologue, and she missed every opportunity to make it moving.
Synonyms
pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone

Derivatives

stagily

adverb ˈsteɪdʒɪliˈsteɪdʒəli

Burbage winked stagily, while Will limped to his abandoned stool.
Example sentencesExamples
- The figures are so wooden and their reaction so stagily co-ordinated that it is almost impossible not to snigger at their predicament.
- Jack McKnight stagily mimed tiptoeing out with my sleeping infant son's baby basket in his arms.
- ‘God,’ he says stagily, ‘if I could only have got a minute to myself, darling!’
- The central narrative is filmed stagily, with tacky, ordinary sets; direction that would fit nicely in a nineteenth century melodrama; silly performances in most of the supporting roles.

staginess

noun

Most of Chaplin's features have a staginess that seems at least half-deliberate.
Example sentencesExamples
- A courtroom drama at heart, Taking Sides manages to overcome its theatrical staginess to provide some beautiful music and images.
- The sheer staginess of the event overshadows the intended menace.
- While this production occasionally succumbs to staginess, often it plays to the text's strengths by using slight movements offset by moments of deliberate exaggeration.
- Virtually the entire film is shot on sets; the film-makers revel in a staginess that's nonetheless cinematic.

Rhymes

cagey

Definition of stagy in US English:

stagy

(also stagey)

adjectiveˈstājēˈsteɪdʒi

Excessively theatrical; exaggerated.
a stagy melodramatic voice
Example sentencesExamples
- The final fifteen minutes in particular, which theoretically contain the showdown between Stray Cat and Hundred Eyes, is a banal barrage of stagy and pretentious imagery.
- Webster begins on such a stagy note that he loses the chance to move the audience, making it one of the less-compelling chunks of this mostly amusing evening of seldom-performed Chekhov.
- In restaurants, as in theater, patrons pay for a lush, contrived setting replete with stagey scenery and sophisticated lighting techniques.
- The prize was to be awarded by Betjeman, to the accompaniment of some pretty stagy effects, at Burton Constable.
- The dialogue, however, is quite stagey and unconvincing.
- The enforced gloom, a stagey attempt to copy the drama of Caravaggio's chiaroscuro, lessens the impact of the pictures themselves when seen in clear light.
- Paradoxically, the stagey lighting, shoddy sets, breaks between shots, all create a hyper reality.
- The muffled sound, his stagey singing voice, and the documentated scenes in a car as he presses buttons on his boom box and makes a mixed tape are presented with dead seriousness.
- What could have easily been a stagy endeavour is kept fresh by capable direction and clever coverage by director Andrew Shea.
- These songs prove him capable of focusing more on visceral appeal and less on stagy esotericism while maintaining his intellectual ambition, and one hopes this album is a steppingstone toward cementing this vision.
- So much theatre is painfully stagey and overdone (people falling to their knees and declaiming ‘you've torn out my soul’ and all that sort of thing) that I find most of it laughable.
- A worthy attempt was made at historical accuracy; the script and acting were excellent, but some critics disliked the stagey sets and painted backdrops, and today this splendid series is largely forgotten.
- The Ada is tucked away from the coast up a hill, though it also maintains its own separate seafront complete with a pier, bar and some stagey awnings.
- The disused railway station at Crouch End had a stagey eeriness, even on a bright hot day; and the abandoned play park was so dilapidated that you could almost sense the accident-claim lawyers lurking in the trees.
- For all their charms, Mamet's early films had a stagy, mannered quality that kept the viewer at arm's length.
- Although it is stunningly shot, the film has a stagey grandiose feel that begs the viewer to see it as more than it is.
- William Hurt is a willing, low-key accomplice, a good foil for Kosminsky's gracious manner and slightly stagy cheerfulness.
- Floyd, who writes his own texts, may not have handled the subject with any great subtlety, and the opera's broad theatrics can sometimes seem stagy, but its dramatic honesty registers powerfully every time.
- She had to deliver a very stagey monologue, and she missed every opportunity to make it moving.
- The programme, largely monologue, consisted of a woolly, stagey ramble through her life and times.
Synonyms
pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone

单词	stagy
释义	Definition of stagy in English: stagy (also stagey) adjectivestagier, stagiest ˈsteɪdʒiˈsteɪdʒi Excessively theatrical; exaggerated. a stagy melodramatic voice Example sentencesExamples These songs prove him capable of focusing more on visceral appeal and less on stagy esotericism while maintaining his intellectual ambition, and one hopes this album is a steppingstone toward cementing this vision. The Ada is tucked away from the coast up a hill, though it also maintains its own separate seafront complete with a pier, bar and some stagey awnings. The dialogue, however, is quite stagey and unconvincing. Webster begins on such a stagy note that he loses the chance to move the audience, making it one of the less-compelling chunks of this mostly amusing evening of seldom-performed Chekhov. The enforced gloom, a stagey attempt to copy the drama of Caravaggio's chiaroscuro, lessens the impact of the pictures themselves when seen in clear light. For all their charms, Mamet's early films had a stagy, mannered quality that kept the viewer at arm's length. The muffled sound, his stagey singing voice, and the documentated scenes in a car as he presses buttons on his boom box and makes a mixed tape are presented with dead seriousness. Paradoxically, the stagey lighting, shoddy sets, breaks between shots, all create a hyper reality. Floyd, who writes his own texts, may not have handled the subject with any great subtlety, and the opera's broad theatrics can sometimes seem stagy, but its dramatic honesty registers powerfully every time. The final fifteen minutes in particular, which theoretically contain the showdown between Stray Cat and Hundred Eyes, is a banal barrage of stagy and pretentious imagery. A worthy attempt was made at historical accuracy; the script and acting were excellent, but some critics disliked the stagey sets and painted backdrops, and today this splendid series is largely forgotten. So much theatre is painfully stagey and overdone (people falling to their knees and declaiming ‘you've torn out my soul’ and all that sort of thing) that I find most of it laughable. What could have easily been a stagy endeavour is kept fresh by capable direction and clever coverage by director Andrew Shea. William Hurt is a willing, low-key accomplice, a good foil for Kosminsky's gracious manner and slightly stagy cheerfulness. The disused railway station at Crouch End had a stagey eeriness, even on a bright hot day; and the abandoned play park was so dilapidated that you could almost sense the accident-claim lawyers lurking in the trees. In restaurants, as in theater, patrons pay for a lush, contrived setting replete with stagey scenery and sophisticated lighting techniques. The programme, largely monologue, consisted of a woolly, stagey ramble through her life and times. The prize was to be awarded by Betjeman, to the accompaniment of some pretty stagy effects, at Burton Constable. Although it is stunningly shot, the film has a stagey grandiose feel that begs the viewer to see it as more than it is. She had to deliver a very stagey monologue, and she missed every opportunity to make it moving. Synonyms pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone Derivatives stagily adverb ˈsteɪdʒɪliˈsteɪdʒəli Burbage winked stagily, while Will limped to his abandoned stool. Example sentencesExamples The figures are so wooden and their reaction so stagily co-ordinated that it is almost impossible not to snigger at their predicament. Jack McKnight stagily mimed tiptoeing out with my sleeping infant son's baby basket in his arms. ‘God,’ he says stagily, ‘if I could only have got a minute to myself, darling!’ The central narrative is filmed stagily, with tacky, ordinary sets; direction that would fit nicely in a nineteenth century melodrama; silly performances in most of the supporting roles. staginess noun Most of Chaplin's features have a staginess that seems at least half-deliberate. Example sentencesExamples A courtroom drama at heart, Taking Sides manages to overcome its theatrical staginess to provide some beautiful music and images. The sheer staginess of the event overshadows the intended menace. While this production occasionally succumbs to staginess, often it plays to the text's strengths by using slight movements offset by moments of deliberate exaggeration. Virtually the entire film is shot on sets; the film-makers revel in a staginess that's nonetheless cinematic. Rhymes cagey Definition of stagy in US English: stagy (also stagey) adjectiveˈstājēˈsteɪdʒi Excessively theatrical; exaggerated. a stagy melodramatic voice Example sentencesExamples The final fifteen minutes in particular, which theoretically contain the showdown between Stray Cat and Hundred Eyes, is a banal barrage of stagy and pretentious imagery. Webster begins on such a stagy note that he loses the chance to move the audience, making it one of the less-compelling chunks of this mostly amusing evening of seldom-performed Chekhov. In restaurants, as in theater, patrons pay for a lush, contrived setting replete with stagey scenery and sophisticated lighting techniques. The prize was to be awarded by Betjeman, to the accompaniment of some pretty stagy effects, at Burton Constable. The dialogue, however, is quite stagey and unconvincing. The enforced gloom, a stagey attempt to copy the drama of Caravaggio's chiaroscuro, lessens the impact of the pictures themselves when seen in clear light. Paradoxically, the stagey lighting, shoddy sets, breaks between shots, all create a hyper reality. The muffled sound, his stagey singing voice, and the documentated scenes in a car as he presses buttons on his boom box and makes a mixed tape are presented with dead seriousness. What could have easily been a stagy endeavour is kept fresh by capable direction and clever coverage by director Andrew Shea. These songs prove him capable of focusing more on visceral appeal and less on stagy esotericism while maintaining his intellectual ambition, and one hopes this album is a steppingstone toward cementing this vision. So much theatre is painfully stagey and overdone (people falling to their knees and declaiming ‘you've torn out my soul’ and all that sort of thing) that I find most of it laughable. A worthy attempt was made at historical accuracy; the script and acting were excellent, but some critics disliked the stagey sets and painted backdrops, and today this splendid series is largely forgotten. The Ada is tucked away from the coast up a hill, though it also maintains its own separate seafront complete with a pier, bar and some stagey awnings. The disused railway station at Crouch End had a stagey eeriness, even on a bright hot day; and the abandoned play park was so dilapidated that you could almost sense the accident-claim lawyers lurking in the trees. For all their charms, Mamet's early films had a stagy, mannered quality that kept the viewer at arm's length. Although it is stunningly shot, the film has a stagey grandiose feel that begs the viewer to see it as more than it is. William Hurt is a willing, low-key accomplice, a good foil for Kosminsky's gracious manner and slightly stagy cheerfulness. Floyd, who writes his own texts, may not have handled the subject with any great subtlety, and the opera's broad theatrics can sometimes seem stagy, but its dramatic honesty registers powerfully every time. She had to deliver a very stagey monologue, and she missed every opportunity to make it moving. The programme, largely monologue, consisted of a woolly, stagey ramble through her life and times. Synonyms pretentious, high-flown, ostentatious, pompous, grandiose, over-elaborate, overblown, overripe, overworked, overdone
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