0 in a way that is influenced by or relates to emotional feelings, especially about the past: --
The film portrays the relationship so sentimentally that it becomes irritating.
I'm not materialistic and I try not to get sentimentally attached to anything.
He had sentimentally filled the cupboard with his mother's small treasures.
I don't know how anyone can talk so sentimentally about a dog.
She sentimentally admits that she'll miss the place more than her husband will.
If I'm sentimentally attached to something, I would never consider selling it.