"soundstagey" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more soundstagey [comparative], most soundstagey [superlative]
Etymology: From sound stage + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|sound stage|-y}} sound stage + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} soundstagey (comparative more soundstagey, superlative most soundstagey)
  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a sound stage. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-soundstagey-en-adj-xfc~cUq5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y

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          "text": "An airless debut that says much about its writer-director's cultural diet and little about anything else in the world, Vaughn Stein's Terminal blends tropes from several sorts of crime flicks into a soundstagey affair that's more brittle than hard-boiled.",
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