'Theatrically' definitions:
Definition of 'theatrically'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a stagy and theatrical manner; "`I cannot show my face at her house,' he declared theatrically" [syn: stagily, theatrically]
adverb
In a theatrical manner; "theatrically dressed"
Definition of 'Theatrically'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. --R. Jefferies. [1913 Webster]