sentimentallyadv.
/sɛntɪˈmɛntəli/ 1. With respect to sentiment.
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the mind > emotion > [adverb]
affectively1646
sentimentallya1806
pathologically1824
pathematicallya1832
emotionally1836
emotively1843
sensationally1855
a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 187 An harmonious and sentimentally expressive chiaroscuro.
1821 C. Lamb Chapter on Ears in Elia 1st Ser. I even think that sentimentally I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune.
1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 282 The Psalm may not supply singing of a sentimentally agreeable quality.
2. In a sentimental manner.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adverb]
mawkishly1816
sentimentally1816
dissolvingly1822
sweetly1840
maudlinly1854
sloppily1898
slushily1961
soppily1977
soupily1979
1816 J. Austen Emma I. viii. 137 Elton may talk sentimentally but he will act rationally. View more context for this quotation
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