单词 | maudlinly |
释义 | maudlinlyadv. In a maudlin or tearfully sentimental manner. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1854 |
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