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单词 maudlinly
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maudlinlyadv.

Brit. /ˈmɔːdlɪnli/, U.S. /ˈmɔdlənli/, /ˈmɑdlənli/
Forms: 1800s maudlingly, 1800s– maudlinly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: maudlin adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < maudlin adj. + -ly suffix2.
In a maudlin or tearfully sentimental manner.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > sentimentality > [adverb]
mawkishly1816
sentimentally1816
dissolvingly1822
sweetly1840
maudlinly1854
sloppily1898
slushily1961
soppily1977
soupily1979
1854 Lady Lytton Behind Scenes I. i. iv. 129 It would have been impossible to have looked more maudlingly than he did at the assembled crowd.
1882 Fraser's Mag. 26 255 He becomes maudlinly eloquent.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. x. 184 He would be less maudlinly sentimental over Home, the old country, the old dart, or the old land as Britain was known.
1976 M. Bishop And Strange at Ecbatan ii. xviii. 121 An irony, Robin. An almost maudlinly predictable one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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