- stagy stagey
- adjective behaviour that is stagy is not natural and is like the way an actor behaves on a stage: a very stagy manner — stagily adverb
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
stagy stagey
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stagey — var. of STAGY. * * * stagey [stagey] ; = ↑stagy * * * stagey, stageyness see stagy, staginess … Useful english dictionary
stagey — Stagy Sta gy (st[=a] j[y^]), a. [Written also {stagey}.] Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; chiefly used depreciatively. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Stagy — Sta gy (st[=a] j[y^]), a. [Written also {stagey}.] Having an air or manner characteristic of the stage; theatrical; artificial; as, a stagy tone or bearing; chiefly used depreciatively. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stagey — [stā′jē] adj. stagier, stagiest STAGY … English World dictionary
stagy — (also stagey) ► ADJECTIVE (stagier, stagiest) ▪ excessively theatrical or exaggerated. DERIVATIVES stagily adverb staginess noun … English terms dictionary
stagy — stag|y stagey [ˈsteıdʒi] adj behaviour that is stagy is not natural and is like the way an actor behaves on a stage ▪ a very stagy manner >stagily adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
stagy — or stagey adjective (stagier; est) Date: 1856 of or characteristic of the stage; especially marked by pretense or artificiality ; theatrical • stagily adverb • staginess noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
stagey — adjective see stagy … New Collegiate Dictionary
stagey — /stay jee/, adj., stagier, stagiest. stagy. * * * … Universalium
stagy — stagily, adv. staginess, n. /stay jee/, adj., stagier, stagiest. 1. of, pertaining to, or suggestive of the stage. 2. theatrical; unnatural. Also, stagey. [1855 60; STAGE + Y1] * * * … Universalium
