mawkishly
adverb
disapprovinguk/ˈmɔː.kɪʃ.li/us/ˈmɑː.kɪʃ.li/in anawkwardorsillyway ofshowingemotionorlove:
Astorythat could be mawkishlysentimentalisinsteadtreatedwithdelicacyandrestraint.
the book's mawkishlysadclosinglines
See
mawkish
- Hisbookis mawkishlysentimentalandpredictable.
- Thefilmis mawkishlypreachyattimes.
- I do like the way Broadwaymusicalsmake anaudiencecare-howevermawkishly - abouttheircharacters.
Sentimental and over-emotional
- cloying
- cloyingly
- gauzily
- mawkish
- mawkishness
- sappy
- schmaltz
- schmaltzy
- sentimental
- sentimentalist
- sickly
- sloppiness
- sloppy
- slush
- slushy
- soppily
- soppiness
- soppy
- syrupy
- tweeness