0 in an awkward or silly way of showing emotion or love: --
the book's mawkishly sad closing lines
A story that could be mawkishly sentimental is instead treated with delicacy and restraint.
I do like the way Broadway musicals make an audience care - however mawkishly - about their characters.
The film is mawkishly preachy at times.
His book is mawkishly sentimental and predictable.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
mawkishly