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melodramatically

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mel·o·dra·mat·ic  (ml-dr-mtk)
adj.
1. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama: "a melodramatic account of two perilous days spent among the planters" Frank O. Gatell.
2. Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental; histrionic: "Accuse me, if you will, of melodramatic embroidery" Erskine Childers.
3. Characterized by false pathos and sentiment.
melo·dra·mati·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.melodramatically - as in a melodrama; "here, the hero is melodramatically reunited with the heroine"
2.melodramatically - in an overly emotional manner; "she acted melodramatically when she called for help"
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His handsome face assumed a melodramatically gentle expression and he held out his hand.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
Charlie laid himself out flat, melodramatically begging someone to take him away and hang him; but Archie, who felt worst of all, said nothing except to vow within himself that he would read to Mac till his own eyes were as red as a dozen emery bags combined.
Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
That insinuating gentleman sighed deeply, fixed his eyes on the spinster aunt's face for a couple of minutes, started melodramatically, and suddenly withdrew them.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
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