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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 melodramamelodramatically - as in a melodrama; "here, the hero is melodramatically reunited with the heroine"
2.melodramatically - in an overly emotional mannermelodramatically - in an overly emotional manner; "she acted melodramatically when she called for help"
Translations
melodramatically [ˌmeləʊdrəˈmætɪklɪ] ADV → melodramáticamente
melodramatically [ˌmɛləʊdrəˈmætɪk/əlɪ] adv → in modo melodrammatico
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His handsome face assumed a melodramatically gentle expression and he held out his hand.
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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.
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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.
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