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Definition of Stagey
1. Adjective. Having characteristics of the stage especially an artificial and mannered quality. "Stagy heroics"
Definition of Stagey
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of stagy) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stagey
1. stagy [adj STAGIER, STAGIEST] - See also: stagy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stagey
Literary usage of Stagey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, David Starr Jordan, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Special Agents Division, Leonhard Hess Stejneger, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, (1898)
"It is asserted that the skins become stagey later in the year now thaii formerly.
In order to fully weigh this allegation it is well to call to mind the ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: Band by Graham Willmore, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Frederick Luard Wollaston, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Henry Davison (1839)
"Rule discharged, without costs (a). (a) See the next case, and also Robins v.
Eatt, ante, 74, and Revett v. Hutchinson, post, TT 1837. stagey v. ..."
3. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1890)
"... we do not think the charge is obnoxious to the fifth exception, as will be
seen from what has been said above. stagey V. WINONA & ST. ..."
4. Romantic Spain: A Record of Personal Experiences by John Augustus O'Shea (1887)
"... Prado—A Fancy Ball—The "Entierro de la Sardina"—Lenten Amusements—A Spanish
Mystery—" Pasion y Muerte de Jesus "—Of the Stage stagey—Critical Remarks. ..."
5. Seal and Salmon Fisheries and General Resources of Alaska by David Starr Jordan, Henry Wood Elliott, Washburn Maynard, Sheldon Jackson, William Gouverneur Morris, Ivan Petroff, Charles Haskins Townsend, Frederick William True, John J. Brice, Leonhard Stejneger (1898)
"stagey season, but it is inevitable that a few are taken each year. ... In days
gone by stagey and rejected skins were often cut into strips and buried. ..."
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