English edit

Verb edit

stage-managed

  1. simple past and past participle of stage-manage

Adjective edit

stage-managed (comparative more stage-managed, superlative most stage-managed)

  1. Carefully controlled or directed so as to ensure a particular desired appearance or outcome, especially an artificial one.
    stage-managed election
    The party conference was very stage-managed, and no one deviated an inch from the official party line.