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Definition of sentimentally adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sentimentally

adverb
 
/ˌsentɪˈmentəli/
 
/ˌsentɪˈmentəli/
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  1. in a way that is connected with your emotions, rather than reason
    • She was sentimentally attached to her family home and didn't want to leave.
  2. (disapproving) in a way that produces emotions such as sympathy, romantic love, or being sad, which may be too strong or not appropriate; in a way that shows that you feel these emotions too much
    • The novel ends sentimentally with the lovers reunited in death.
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