histriˈonically, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a histrionic manner; in relation to, or in the style of, actors or acting; theatrically.
| 1647 Trapp Mellif. Theol. in Comm. Ep. 637 They did all theatrically, histrionically, hypocritically. 1657 W. Morice Coena quasi κοινὴ Def. xix. 337 To translate the Stage into the Church, making some Histrionically to personate that which they are not. 1864 Realm 25 May 7 Signor Graziani..is now a very fair Valentine considered histrionically. |