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Dramatic   /drəmˈætɪk/   Listen
Dramatic

adjective
1.
Suitable to or characteristic of drama.  "A dramatic rescue at sea"
2.
Sensational in appearance or thrilling in effect.  Synonyms: spectacular, striking.  "A dramatic pause" , "A spectacular display of northern lights" , "It was a spectacular play" , "His striking good looks always created a sensation"
3.
Pertaining to or characteristic of drama.
4.
Used of a singer or singing voice that is marked by power and expressiveness and a histrionic or theatrical style.  "A dramatic soprano"



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"Dramatic" Quotes from Famous Books



... editor of the Brooklyn Eagle had given Edward the assignment of covering the news of the theatres; he was to ascertain "coming attractions" and any other dramatic items of news interest. One Monday evening, when a multiplicity of events crowded the reportorial corps, Edward was delegated to "cover" the Grand Opera House, where Rose Coghlan was to appear in a play that had ...
— A Dutch Boy Fifty Years After • Edward Bok
... not a dramatic representation, in which the action steadily advances to the end, but a series of descriptive pictures, the great theme of which is the separation of the bride from her beloved—the heavenly Bridegroom—for her sins, and her reunion ...
— Companion to the Bible • E. P. Barrows
... After that truly dramatic scene, during which I could guess that the denouement of the play was near at hand, I went to my charming countess, taking care to change my gondola three times—a necessary precaution ...
— The Memoires of Casanova, Complete • Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
... Biddy, in a dramatic whisper. "Will I tell him ye're asleep, Miss Isabel? Quick now! ...
— Greatheart • Ethel M. Dell
... A similar dramatic story is related of Drusus during his German campaigns.[106] While engaged in operations against the Alemanni, he was preparing to cross the Elbe, when a gigantic woman barred the way, exclaiming, "Insatiate Drusus, whither wilt thou go? Thou art not fated to see all things. Depart hence, ...
— Greek and Roman Ghost Stories • Lacy Collison-Morley


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