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adverb
In a mawkish and emotional manner:— The violinist played that piece mawkishly.
synonym: drippily.
pertainym: bathetic, drippy, hokey, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, sappy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy.
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