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Theatrically

Theatrical \The*at"ric*al\, a. [L. theatricus, Gr. ?.] Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- The*at`ri*cal"i*ty, n. -- The*at"ric*al*ly, adv.

No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical.
--R. Jefferies.

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theatrically

adv. in a theatrical or dramatic manner

WordNet
theatrically
  1. adv. in a stagy and theatrical manner; "`I cannot show my face at her house,' he declared theatrically" [syn: stagily]

  2. in a theatrical manner; "theatrically dressed"

Usage examples of "theatrically".

Her round, slightly goitrous face was sagging with self-pity, her semi-circular eyebrows drooping theatrically.

He stood up and at the same moment Spiff flung open the door and strode theatrically into the room.

The blond smiled theatrically and whirled around to join her two companions in the tiny cabana erected for the shoot.

Travis chugalugged his, then fell off his chair and rolled around for a while clutching his stomach, moaning theatrically.

Outside, night was collapsing rather theatrically into day, big storm scene blowing still at the window, lashings of rain, windy monologues, lightning's annunciatory crack -- all FX, no plot.

Valdi stared at her, dropping out of character, and then gestured theatrically as the air-cushion stretcher to which Carrik was strapped drifted past them to the shuttle gate.

Our great chess masters are really our greatest logicians and mathematicians, yet their efforts are directed in a way which can be of no use save to demonstrate, theatrically, I may say, the unlimited possibilities of the human mind.