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stagy

/ˈsteɪdʒi/
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Other forms: stagier; stagiest

Something that's stagy is so overly dramatic that it might as well have happened on a stage. When you talk to your friend in a loud, stagy voice, you behave as if you have an audience.

Something that's artificial and a bit theatrical is stagy, like the stagy decor in your bedroom or the stagy dialogue in a writer's first novel. You could also call these things hammy or exaggerated—they're just a little bit over the top. The adjective stagy comes from stage and its meaning of "a raised platform for a performance," from the Latin staticum, "place for standing."

Definitions of stagy
  1. adjective
    having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality
    stagy heroics”
    synonyms: stagey
    theatrical
    suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater
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