sentimentally

[sen-tuh-men-tl]

sen·ti·men·tal

[sen-tuh-men-tl]
adjective
1.
expressive of or appealing to sentiment, especially the tender emotions and feelings, as love, pity, or nostalgia: a sentimental song.
2.
pertaining to or dependent on sentiment: We kept the old photograph for purely sentimental reasons.
3.
weakly emotional; mawkishly susceptible or tender: the sentimental Victorians.
4.
characterized by or showing sentiment or refined feeling.

Origin:
1740–50; sentiment + -al1

sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
an·ti·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
an·ti·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
hy·per·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
hy·per·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
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in·ter·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
o·ver·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
qua·si-sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
qua·si-sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
sem·i·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
sem·i·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
su·per·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
su·per·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
un·sen·ti·men·tal, adjective
un·sen·ti·men·tal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSE


1. romantic, tender, nostalgic; maudlin, bathetic.


1, 4. dispassionate.

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sentimental (ˌsɛntɪˈmɛntəl)
 
adj
1.  tending to indulge the emotions excessively
2.  making a direct appeal to the emotions, esp to romantic feelings
3.  relating to or characterized by sentiment
 
senti'mentally
 
adv

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