operatic
[ op-uh-rat-ik ]
/ ˌɒp əˈræt ɪk /
adjective
noun
Usually operatics. (used with a singular or plural verb)
- the technique or method of producing or staging operas.
- exaggerated or melodramatic behavior, often thought to be characteristic of operatic acting.
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Example sentences from the Web for operatically
During our entire garden interview (operatically speaking, the garden-scene), the President was not smoking.
Summer in a Garden, and Calvin, A Study Of Character |Charles Dudley WarnerSuch is Giacomo Puccini, who is operatically the man of the moment.
Giacomo Puccini |Wakeling DryIt was in Paris that the first attempt was made to treat "Don Juan" operatically.
Life Of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) |Otto Jahn
British Dictionary definitions for operatically
operatic
/ (ˌɒpəˈrætɪk) /
adjective
of or relating to opera
histrionic or exaggerated