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theatrically, adv.|θiːˈætrɪkəlɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
1. In a theatrical manner or style; in relation to the theatre; dramatically; as a public spectacle.
1647Trapp Comm. Epistles 637 The Pharisees..did all theatrically, histrionically, hypocritically, ‘to be seen of men’. 1669Bp. Hopkins Serm. 1 Pet. (1685) 71 Here royal and sacred blood is theatrically spilt. c1702Pope Imit. Earl Dorset, Artemisia iii, Her voice theatrically loud. 1813Examiner 29 Mar. 205/1 Whether good taste considers such a deformity as theatrically picturesque. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 407 Some forty years after Caius Marius had so theatrically taken his seat amidst its ruins.
†2. In rising terraces, like an amphitheatre. Obs.
1768Misc. in Ann. Reg. 174/2 It has a strong appearance of benches; which never rise theatrically in these buildings abroad. 1778Eng. Gazetteer (ed. 2) s.v. Woburn, On one side of this water..there are high hills, that are planted theatrically with evergreens. |