Word Meanings - MELODRAMATIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
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- CEREMONIOUSLY
In a ceremonious way. - GESTICULATORY
Representing by, or belonging to, gestures. T. Warton. - POMPOUS
1. Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession. 2. Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style. "Pompous in high presumption." Chaucer. he pompous vanity of the - MERETRICIOUS
prostitute, lit., one who earns money, i. e., by prostitution, fr. 1. Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic. 2. Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully - THEATRICAL
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 - CEREMONIOUSNESS
The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious. - DRAMATIC; DRAMATICAL
Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid. The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley. - THEATRICALS
Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli. - TINSEL
1. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also, very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. Who can discern - CEREMONIOUS
1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. Note: The ceremonious part of His worship. South. 2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. "Ceremonious - DRAMATICALLY
In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly. - MELODRAMATIC
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. - TINSELLY
Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap. - SHOWY
, a. Etym: - AMPHITHEATRICALLY
In the form or manner of an amphitheater. - AMPHITHEATRIC; AMPHITHEATRICAL
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater. - MONODRAMATIC
Pertaining to a monodrama.