"theatrically" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-theatrically.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-theatrically.wav [US] Forms: more theatrically [comparative], most theatrically [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English theatrical Middle English -ly English -ly English theatrically From theatrical + -ly. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|theatrical|-ly<id:adverbial>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English theatrical Middle English -ly English -ly English theatrically [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ly", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "theatrically", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="theatrically"> From theatrical + -ly. Head templates: {{en-adv}} theatrically (comparative more theatrically, superlative most theatrically)
  1. In a theatrical or dramatic manner. Translations (in a theatrical manner): teatralment (Catalan), teatraalisesti (Finnish), teatralmente (Galician), teátrálisan (Hungarian), teatralnie (Polish), aktorsko (Polish), teatralmente (Portuguese), teatralmente (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-theatrically-en-adv-y6i3H1mL Disambiguation of 'in a theatrical manner': 93 7
  2. (not comparable) In theaters, or in terms of the theater. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: theaterwise
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