Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dramatic \Dra*mat"ic\, Dramatical \Dra*mat"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?,
   fr. ?: cf. F. dramatique.]
   Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the
   qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.

         The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic
         effect.                                  --Motley.