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adverbstagily (comparative more stagily, superlative most stagily)
comparative more stagily · superlative most stagily
- In a stagy way.
She sat down, sobbing — somewhat stagily now — through a litany of names of those who might comfort her, take her in their arms to say: "Don't cry any more, darling. The bad, bad days are over now."
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 534
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adverbin a stagy and theatrical manner
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stagily. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stagily
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