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Somehow, when the authoritarians on the Right search for icons of manly warrior power to venerate, they find only those who like to melodramatically play-act as such, but who ran away when it came time to actually perform.
Glenn Greenwald

Meaning of "melodramatically" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MELODRAMATICALLY

melodramatically  [ˌmɛləʊdrəˈmætɪkəlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MELODRAMATICALLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Melodramatically is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES MELODRAMATICALLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of melodramatically in the English dictionary

The definition of melodramatically in the dictionary is in a melodramatic manner.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MELODRAMATICALLY


acrobatically
ˌækrəˈbætɪkəlɪ
adiabatically
ˌædɪəˈbætɪkəlɪ
climatically
klaɪˈmætɪkəlɪ
democratically
ˌdeməˈkrætɪkəlɪ
diplomatically
ˌdɪpləˈmætɪkəlɪ
dogmatically
dɒɡˈmætɪkəlɪ
electrostatically
ɪˌlektrəʊˈstætɪkəlɪ
emphatically
ɪmˈfætɪkəlɪ
enigmatically
ˌenɪɡˈmætɪkəlɪ
grammatically
ɡrəˈmætɪkəlɪ
kinematically
ˌkɪnɪˈmætɪkəlɪ
mathematically
ˌmæθəˈmætɪkəlɪ
pneumatically
njuːˈmætɪkəlɪ
problematically
ˌprɒbləˈmætɪkəlɪ
quadratically
kwɒˈdrætɪkəlɪ
schematically
skɪˈmætɪkəlɪ
statically
ˈstætɪkəlɪ
symptomatically
ˌsɪmptəˈmætɪkəlɪ
thematically
θiːˈmætɪkəlɪ
thermostatically
ˌθɜːməˈstætɪkəlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MELODRAMATICALLY

melodic minor
melodic minor scale
melodica
melodically
melodies
melodion
melodious
melodiously
melodiousness
melodise
melodiser
melodist
melodize
melodizer
melodrama
melodramatic
melodramatise
melodramatist
melodramatize
melody

WORDS THAT END LIKE MELODRAMATICALLY

actually
alphabetically
automatically
basically
clinically
critically
dramatically
economically
electronically
fantastically
historically
locally
periodically
physically
politically
practically
specifically
statistically
technically
tragically
typically

Synonyms and antonyms of melodramatically in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «melodramatically» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MELODRAMATICALLY

Find out the translation of melodramatically to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of melodramatically from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «melodramatically» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

夸张地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

melodramático
570 millions of speakers

English

melodramatically
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भावुकतापूर्ण नाटकीय ढंग से
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

melodramatically
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелодраматически
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

melodramaticamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

melodramatically
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mélodramatique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melodramatically
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

melodramatisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

メロドラマ風に
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

melodramatically
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Melodramatically
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

melodramatically
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும் பரபரப்புடன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आनंदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

melodramatik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

melodrammatico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dramatycznie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мелодраматично
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

melodramatic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μελοδραματικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

melodramaties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

melodramatically
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

melodramatically
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of melodramatically

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MELODRAMATICALLY»

The term «melodramatically» is normally little used and occupies the 132.652 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MELODRAMATICALLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «melodramatically» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «melodramatically» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about melodramatically

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QUOTES WITH «MELODRAMATICALLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word melodramatically.
1
Glenn Greenwald
Somehow, when the authoritarians on the Right search for icons of manly warrior power to venerate, they find only those who like to melodramatically play-act as such, but who ran away when it came time to actually perform.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MELODRAMATICALLY»

Discover the use of melodramatically in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to melodramatically and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Women Writing Women: An Anthology of Spanish-American ...
Actor Number Two, who says, melodramatically, to Actor Number One: (To Brijinski.) Arthur! . . . And Actor Number One answers: (A silence. Everyone waits for Brijinski to answer.) Page four, line seven. Actor Number One answers. ( Silence ...
Teresa Cajiao Salas, Margarita Vargas, 1997
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Gothic Feminism: The Professionalization of Gender from ...
If instead the novelist employs repression, then we know ourselves to be reading a work in the realm of the "melodramatically comic" female gothic; if she images death as the only escape, then we know ourselves to be reading a work situated  ...
Diane Long Hoeveler, 2010
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Comparative Romanticisms: Power, Gender, Subjectivity
If the novelist employs repression, then we know ourselves to be reading a work in the realm of the "melodramatically comic" female gothic; if she images death as the only escape, then we know ourselves to be reading a work in the ...
Larry H. Peer, Diane Long Hoeveler, 1998
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Dyslexia Treatment & Prevention
Registering Words for Reading Recall melodramatically me . lo . dra . ma . ti . kal . e m.e.l.o.d.r.a.m.a.t.i.k.a.l.e melodramatically melodramatikale .me-lo-dra -ma-ti- cal-ly melodramatically in . st i . tyoo . sho . na . lizd i.n.s.t.i.t.y.oo.s.h.o.n.a.l.i.z.d ...
Dennis Brooks
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A Companion to American Fiction 1780 - 1865
190) - he melodramatically interprets the tragedy of Zenobia's life in the highly personal terms she herself so roundly repudiates. In Coverdale's imagination, Zenobia oscillates between two highly melodramatic positions: that of a young ...
Shirley Samuels, 2008
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New York Magazine
Theater/. John. Simon. WITH. RESERVATIONS. ". . .The. story. of. Grand. Hotel. clunks. along. melodramatically. The. tension. in. A. Few. Good. Men. is. niftily. interwoven. with. humor. O T O G R A P H Y L. AFFAIR IN BERLIN: Grand Hotel's  ...
7
The Balance: A Novel
... too " But he could not remain stiff for long. "You're not angry with me now, are you, Sydney?" she would ask gravely, while she clasped her hands. melodramatically. "With you!" he would retort. His tone of voice, always, 344 THE BALANCE.
Francis Rufus Bellamy, 1917
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A Comic Opera in Three Acts Entitled The False Prophet
(Aside, melodramatically.) Foiled again ! Foiled again! But I have not played me last card. I have got an ace up my sleeve. Ha! Ha! Again I say, Ha ! Ha! (Aloud.) With due respect, and if you'll excuse the remark, you can't do it. Mahdi. And why ?
Robert August Stoepel, Charles McCoy Snyder, John Armoy Knox, 1887
9
La! Sonnambula! Or, the Supper, the sleeper, and the merry ...
(seizing ELvINo's arm melodramatically) Had he not come-— ELvINo. (same business) His watch—— ALEssIo. Would not have EnvINo. Gone ! (they break of' and look at each other, then look of melodramatically opposite sides) Ansssro.
Henry James Byron, 1866
10
101 Ethical Dilemmas
and he pauses melodramatically, 'darkest of the island peaks!' McMoor rolls his eyes melodramatically. And he tells the ancient story of how the Black Mountain came to be named. It seems there were two warriors who fought over a beautiful  ...
Martin Cohen, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MELODRAMATICALLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term melodramatically is used in the context of the following news items.
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I'm proof a nanny CAN make you a worse mum says SARAH VINE …
He is still hobbling around on crutches, chucking down painkillers and groaning melodramatically. The foot has not yet been X-rayed. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Brush with the Bard is backdrop for story of powerful early modern …
But Lady Elizabeth's one successful petition does not make her “Shakespeare's Nemesis,” as Laoutaris rather melodramatically suggests. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Review: 'Uplifting and melancholic' Years and Years rock Longitude
A former teen actor, the boyish Alexander embraced the cliche of complicated frontman, swaying and reaching melodramatically towards the pit ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
4
Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee: Review | Toronto Star
Admittedly, some of this “processing” feels anachronistic and naive, even cringeworthy (for example when Scout declares melodramatically that ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
5
Watch 'Straight News Anchor' Megyn Kelly's Vicious, Dishonest …
Suddenly Kelly thought she might have a duty to challenge something. She said, melodramatically and condescendingly, “They didn't make Dr. «NewsHounds, Jul 15»
6
How will the proposed 'Trade Union Bill' affect London?
... as the head of train drivers' union Aslef has melodramatically claimed, but they do represent some of the most substantial potential changes ... «Ledger Gazette, Jul 15»
7
What the new trade union rules mean for businesses
... as the head of train drivers' union Aslef has melodramatically claimed, but they do represent some of the most substantial potential changes ... «Management Today, Jul 15»
8
Why I stayed in the closet about my HIV
Through sobs that would put Lucille Ball to shame, I melodramatically cried, "And the worst part: No one will ever have sex with me again!". «Daily Life, Jul 15»
9
Adam Hills 'humiliates' Pat Cash on The Last Leg over ball boy …
Hills described the incident, somewhat melodramatically, as the lowest point of his life, eliciting sympathetic noises from the audience and ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
10
The Bosnian war baby still searching for answers, 20 years on
“Everyone and everything,” he says, perhaps a little melodramatically. “Because I did really put the lives of my family in danger by helping Alen ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Melodramatically [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/melodramatically>. Apr 2024 ».
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