sentimentally
adverb/ˌsentɪˈmentəli/
/ˌsentɪˈmentəli/
- 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.
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- (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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