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staginess

/stey-jee/US // ˈsteɪ dʒi //UK // (ˈsteɪdʒɪ) //

滞后性,滞销,滞后,滞留

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    stag·i·er, stag·i·est.

    • : of, relating to, or suggestive of the stage.
    • : theatrical; unnatural.

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Examples

  • He condemns all that is affected or stagy; indeed his whole book is an eloquent plea for quiet and restraint.

  • "Mebbe the gentleman can direct us to a good hotel," she added, with a rather stagy smile.

  • If I detest anything, it is the unconventional, the stagy, the mysterious.

  • And they hire stage actors to interpret the stagiest of stage plots in as stagy a way as they know how.

  • "Go on up-stairs and dress," she said in a stagy voice when we had come within earshot.