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