theatrical
/θiˈætɹɪkəl/ adjective C1- Of or relating to the theatre.
- Fake and exaggerated.
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We would think the whole had been fixed up for theatrical effect if there wasn’t a dead man in the middle of it.
In rapid succession we passed through the fringe of fashionable London, hotel London, theatrical London, literary London, commercial London, and, finally, maritime London, till we came to a riverside city of a hundred thousand souls, where the tenement houses swelter and reek with the outcasts of Europe.
But this counsel effectually decided Mademoiselle Danglars never to commit herself by being seen in public with one destined for a theatrical life; and acting upon this principle, the banker’s daughter, though perfectly willing to allow Mademoiselle Louise d’Armilly (that was the name of the young virtuosa) to practice with her through the day, took especial care not to be seen in her company.
No, indeed; the exclamation appears quite theatrical and affected.
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