operatically
1
7.7
- adverb
- /ˌɒpəˈrætɪkli/
:
de manera operística
- (Operatically)
Examples
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(singing operatically in Spanish)
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R: (singing operatically)
Blog text (30) -
[woman singing operatically in distance over speakers]
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He was ready to lie on his back, spread his legs, and start screaming operatically if that's what it took.
Fiction book (1998) -
(man singing operatically nearby)
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-[singing operatically]
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I'd read that women who threw up every day in their first trimester were less likely to miscarry, so I threw up extravagantly, operatically, holding nothing back.
Academic text (2007) -
Out of the corner of his eye, he watched fishermen making operatically hostile gestures at one another—any one of which would have caused instant death in the city in which Jack lived.
Fiction book (1996) -
Yahrblum drew Simon and his father behind the ticket booth—"the reliable source told me"—he swished his cane operatically.
Academic text (2007) -
During the performance, she sang her lines operatically, capturing the audience with every dramatic gesture.
Synonyms
28
4.3
To do something in a very impressive or dramatic way
5
6.2
In a dramatic, exaggerated way like an actor on stage
1
3.7
In a way that shows feelings and thoughts clearly
1
8.9
In a very dramatic way as if acting on stage
In a way that looks like acting on a stage
Antonyms
How Theatrical
6
4.6
1
7.7
5
6.2
330
3.9
1
3.7
48
5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Operatically comes from opera, the stage 'musical drama', so to do something operatically is to do it like an opera, very dramatic, loud, and full of feeling. That's why operatically means 'in a dramatic, expressive, or theatrical manner'.