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Definition of Dramatic

1. Adjective. Suitable to or characteristic of drama. "A dramatic rescue at sea"

2. Adjective. Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect. "His striking good looks always created a sensation"

3. Adjective. Pertaining to or characteristic of drama. "Dramatic arts"

4. Adjective. Used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style. "A dramatic soprano"

Definition of Dramatic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.

Definition of Dramatic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the drama. ¹

2. Adjective. Striking in appearance or effect. ¹

3. Adjective. Having a powerful, expressive singing voice. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dramatic

1. pertaining to drama [adj] - See also: drama

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dramatic

dralon dram drama drama critic drama documentary drama queen drama queens dramadies dramady dramaless

dramalities dramality dramamine dramas dramata dramatic (current term) dramatic art dramatic beat dramatic composition dramatic event

dramatic irony dramatic performance dramatic play dramatic production dramatic structure dramatic structures dramatic work dramatical dramatically dramatick

Literary usage of Dramatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"It was not till melodrama began to be recognized as a legitimate form of dramatic art that the dialogue had to be struck from the dramatic action "at full ..."

2. Poole's Index to Periodical Literature: The First Supplement, from January 1 by William Frederick Poole, William Isaac Fletcher (1888)
"dramatic Criticism, American. Amer. 1: 121. dramatic Critique ; a Story. ... dramatic Literature in Germany. (CS Hartmann) Amer. 12: 39. dramatic Memories ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1905)
"A bountiful endowment with the poetic spirit of the age, an occasional flash of rare dramatic insight, an improved trick of stagecraft, ..."

4. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1908)
"Communication on The Teaching of dramatic Structure With the question of how much attention the study of dramatic structure should receive in a German ..."

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