maudlin
adjective
tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental.
maudlinly
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a word derived from
maudlin.
Example Sentences
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She tried to struggle up but slipped and fell again and lay there screaming maudlinly.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
But do not get the impression that you are to be maudlinly "good."
From The Young Man and the World by Albert Jeremiah Beveridge
He is inclined rather to take a maudlinly affectionate and friendly view of things and people; to be very simply, almost childishly, pleased with the last new idea.
From The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year by Florence L. (Florence Louisa) Barclay
Stubley was violently argumentative, Fox was maudlinly sentimental, and Bryce was in an exalted state of heroic resolve.
From The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
To us, personally, he was maudlinly affectionate and respectful.
From In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr
