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melodraˈmatically, adv. [Formed as prec. + -ly2.] In a melodramatic manner.
1837Dickens Pickw. xiii, The Honourable Samuel Slumkey..melodramatically testified by gestures to the crowd, his ineffaceable obligations to the Eatanswill Gazette. 1873‘Annie Thomas’ Two Widows I vii. 145 Whose manner had struck Gilbert as..melodramatically pretentious. |