英语单词“mawkishly”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 mawkishly 释义 mawkishlyadverbdisapprovinguk

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/?mɑ?.k??.li/in anawkwardorsillyway ofshowingemotionorlove:Astorythat could be mawkishlysentimentalisinsteadtreatedwithdelicacyandrestraint.the book's mawkishlysadclosinglinesSeemawkish

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• Hisbookis mawkishlysentimentalandpredictable.
• Thefilmis mawkishlypreachyattimes.
• I do like the way Broadwaymusicalsmake anaudiencecare-howevermawkishly - abouttheircharacters.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Sentimental and over-emotional

• cloying
• cloyingly
• gauzily
• mawkish
• mawkishness
• sappy
• schmaltz
• schmaltzy
• sentimental
• sentimentalist
• sickly
• sloppiness
• sloppy
• slush
• slushy
• soppily
• soppiness
• soppy
• syrupy
• tweeness

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(Definition ofmawkishlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/mawkishly##