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- adverb In an
untheatrical way.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Because Nadal so thoroughly, so untheatrically, outplayed Federer in every possible facet Sunday, beating him 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to win a fourth consecutive title at Roland Garros.
King of clay: Nadal powers way to fourth straight French crown 2008
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On a small stage four gipsy girls, in unfashionably and untheatrically decent gowns of white, blue, or red, with flowers in their hair, sat in a semicircle with one subtle, silent, darkling man among them.
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He has transplanted himself untheatrically to the scenes of battlefields and set himself undisturbedly to the task of dying.
Out To Win The Story of America in France Coningsby Dawson 1921
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On a small stage four gipsy girls, in unfashionably and untheatrically decent gowns of white, blue, or red, with flowers in their hair, sat in a semicircle with one subtle, silent, darkling man among them.
Familiar Spanish Travels William Dean Howells 1878
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Surprisingly, the towering beam of light is barely evident, with Jarrow's plotting requiring it to be untheatrically extinguished at the climax.
Variety.com 2010
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