stagely adjective 2adverb 2forms 2 adjective2 •Occurring in stages.Glaciation in the Alps instead of displaying moraines of four Glacial cycles may be actually represented by the tills of only one cycle, the four now recognized being merely stagely phenomena. — 1932 •(no longer used) Suited or related to the stage; theatrical.But Tuthill I perfectly understood, and his fine acting was stagely and amusing. — 1864 adverb2 •In a stagey or theatrical manner.Miss Sarah Brooke, Mr. Dion Boucicault, and Mr. Laurence Irving play as of the stage, stagely, but are, of course, absolutely sound, firm, and hold the audience with an iron hand. — 1906 •(nonstandard) In stages;For preparation of complex esters the etherification was carried out stagely (two or three stages) — 2008 formsmore stagely · most stagely
