Definition of "stagey" [stagey]

• Variant of stagy. (adjective)

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• "Thou wert right as usual, it was theatrical how do you call stagey, is it not?"
• "I suppose Mandeville would say that acting has got into a mannerism which is well described as stagey, and is supposed to be natural to the stage; just as half the modern poets write in a recognized form of literary manufacture, without the least impulse from within, and not with the purpose of saying anything, but of turning out a piece of literary work."
• "His acting is very realistic, not at all stagey, which isn't common in this era."