adv
Meaning 1
in a theatrical or dramatic manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
theatrically
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adv
Meaning 2
In theaters, or in terms of the theater.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The film premiered on 3 August before opening theatrically two days later.
- The story was a great success in novel form, but did not perform well theatrically.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: theaterwise
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a theatrical manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- theatrically dressed
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a stagy and theatrical manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `I cannot show my face at her house,' he declared theatrically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stagily
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English theatrical Middle English -ly English -ly English theatrically From theatrical + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: teatralment — in a theatrical manner
- Finnish: teatraalisesti — in a theatrical manner
- Galician: teatralmente — in a theatrical manner
- Hungarian: teátrálisan — in a theatrical manner
- Polish: teatralnie — in a theatrical manner
- Polish: aktorsko — in a theatrical manner
- Portuguese: teatralmente — in a theatrical manner
- Spanish: teatralmente — in a theatrical manner
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