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sentimentally

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sen·ti·men·tal  (snt-mntl)
adj.
1.
a. Characterized or swayed by sentiment.
b. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional.
2. Resulting from or colored by emotion rather than reason or realism.
3. Appealing to the sentiments, especially to romantic feelings: sentimental music.

senti·mental·ly adv.
Synonyms: sentimental, bathetic, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, romantic, schmaltzy
These adjectives mean overly or insincerely emotional: a sentimental card; a bathetic novel; maudlin words of sympathy; mawkish sentiment; mushy effusiveness; a romantic adolescent; a schmaltzy song.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.sentimentally - in a sentimental manner; "`I miss the good old days,' she added sentimentally"
unsentimentally - in an unsentimental manner; "unsentimentally, she threw out her dead son's toys"
Translations
sentimentally [ˌsentɪˈmentəlɪ] ADVde modo sentimental; [say] → en tono sentimental
sentimentally
adv important, attached etcgefühlsmäßig; say, reminiscesentimental; sing, play musicgefühlvoll; (pej)sentimental, kitschig (pej), → schmalzig (pej)
sentimentally [ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəlɪ] advsentimentalmente (pej) → con sentimentalismo
sentimentally [ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəlɪ] advsentimentalmente (pej) → con sentimentalismo


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She thought a little sentimentally about Leonce and the children, and wondered what they were doing.
Being even now only a young woman of twenty, one who mentally and sentimentally had not finished growing, it was impossible that any event should have left upon her an impression that was not in time capable of transmutation.
When they had last met on the old prince's name day, she had answered at random all his attempts to talk sentimentally, evidently not listening to what he was saying.
 
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