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18th century English dramatic genre
Sentimental comedy is an 18th-century dramatic genre which sprang up as a reaction to the immoral tone of English Restoration plays. In sentimental comedies
Sentimental_comedy
Realistic, satirical genre of English literature
English literature, the term comedy of manners (also anti-sentimental comedy) describes a genre of realistic, satirical comedy that questions and comments
Comedy_of_manners
Genre of ancient Greek literature
Ancient Greek comedy (Ancient Greek: κωμῳδία, romanized: kōmōidía) was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece;
Ancient_Greek_comedy
Genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous
Vanbrugh Sentimental comedy, as practiced by Colley Cibber and Richard Steele Shakespearean comedy, as practiced by William Shakespeare Stand-up comedy Dadaist
Comedy
Theatrical act with music, dance, and sketches
Canada, New Zealand and Australia to stage revues each year, combining comedy sketches, songs, parodies, films and sound-bites. As well as performing
Revue
Traditional Japanese verbal entertainment
the rakugo artist depicts a long and complicated comical (or sometimes sentimental) story. The story always involves the dialogue of two or more characters
Rakugo
Theatrical genre intended to make an audience laugh
Aphra Behn and John Vanbrugh Sentimental comedy, as practiced by Colley Cibber and Richard Steele Shakespearean comedy, as practiced by William Shakespeare
Comedy_(drama)
Person who writes plays
Behn. As a reaction to the decadence of Charles II era productions, sentimental comedy grew in popularity. Playwrights like Colley Cibber and Richard Steele
Playwright
1773 play by Oliver Goldsmith
Or, A Comparison between Laughing And Sentimental Comedy", argued that sentimental comedy, a false form of comedy, had taken over the boards from the older
She_Stoops_to_Conquer
Tender emotional response disproportionate to the situation at hand
recognise virtue at a visceral level. Everywhere in the sentimental novel or the sentimental comedy, "lively and effusive emotion is celebrated as evidence
Sentimentality
1951 film by Mitchell Leisen
1951) Scheuer, Philip K. (March 30, 1951). "'Mating Season' Cheery, Sentimental Comedy". Los Angeles Times. p. 9, Part III. Crowther, Bosley (April 12, 1951)
The_Mating_Season_(film)
Personification of satire and mockery in Greek mythology
Europe, Momus was becoming softened into a figure of light-hearted and sentimental comedy, the equivalent of Harlequin in the French and Italian Commedia dell'arte
Momus
1722 play
The Conscious Lovers is a sentimental comedy written in five acts by the Irish author Richard Steele. The Conscious Lovers appeared on stage on 7 November
The_Conscious_Lovers
Type of slapstick humour associated with Hong Kong popular culture
portal Film portal Cinema of Hong Kong Surreal humour Anarchic comedy film Screwball comedy film Pang, Chi Ming (2007). Xiao gou lan ca xie (小狗懶擦鞋): a Study
Mo_lei_tau
Type of Chinese comedy
as crosstalk or comic dialog, is a traditional performing art in Chinese comedy, and one of the most popular elements in Chinese culture. It is typically
Xiangsheng
Traditional Japanese comic theater
and support from underlings in the iemoto system, but similar to rakugo comedy, professional kyōgen players earn their living from performing (possibly
Kyōgen
Man habituated to immoral conduct
Love's Last Shift (1696) are moralizing plays and pave the way for the sentimental comedy of the early eighteenth century. The 19th and early 20th century successor
Rake_(stock_character)
Category of literary composition
continue: comedy has its own subgenres, including, for example, comedy of manners, sentimental comedy, burlesque comedy, and satirical comedy. The genre
Literary_genre
1984 Yugoslav film
make a film about student demonstrations, he decided to create a sentimental comedy with political content and depict how tumultuous political events
The_Elusive_Summer_of_'68
Theatrical aesthetic
d'intrigue arrived on the scene. Boulevard theatre consists mostly of comedies but also dramas. In general, the characters are simply drawn, ordinary
Boulevard_theatre_(aesthetic)
Style of British literature
and sentimental comedy and melodrama were the only choices. Very late in the 18th century Oliver Goldsmith attempted to resist the tide of sentimental comedy
Augustan_literature
Genre of French drama
retained the services of Beauchamp as choreographer. His one-act prose comedy La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas premiered in December 1671 at the Château de
Comédie-ballet
Topics referred to by the same term
Argentinian film show Sentimental, a 2020 Spanish comedy film also known as The People Upstairs Sentimental (Julio Iglesias album), 1980 Sentimental (Tanita Tikaram
Sentimental
Japanese comedy genre
Owarai (お笑い) is a broad word used to describe Japanese comedy as seen on television. The word owarai is the honorific form of the word warai (by adding
Owarai
Genre of French drama
larmoyante (French for 'tearful comedy') was a genre of French drama of the 18th century. In this type of sentimental comedy, the impending tragedy was resolved
Comédie_larmoyante
Art form or criminal act
Heritage, Stuart (2023-01-09). "Behind the scenes of TV's first deep fake comedy: 'None of it is illegal. Everything is silly'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077
Impersonator
Genre of literature that relied on emotional response
The sentimental novel or the novel of sensibility is an 18th- and 19th-century literary genre that presents and celebrates the concepts of sentiment,
Sentimental_novel
Comedy sketch first broadcast in 1966
The Class sketch is a comedy sketch first broadcast in an episode of David Frost's satirical comedy programme The Frost Report on 7 April 1966. It has
Class_sketch
English dramatist and civil servant (1732–1811)
added four operas and a farce; about half are comedies. His favourite mode was the "sentimental comedy," which combines domestic plots, rhetorical enforcement
Richard Cumberland (dramatist)
Richard_Cumberland_(dramatist)
Norwegian actress (born 1987)
played an actress reuniting with her father in Trier's family drama Sentimental Value (2025) which earned her nominations for the Academy Award, BAFTA
Renate_Reinsve
American film
unreleased 1926 American film written by and starring Ralph Graves. A sentimental comedy, it is about a Bowery bum who helps orphans. The film was financed
Swell_Hogan
Fictional character played by Mickey Rooney
films. In their time, the Hardy films were enormously popular, sentimental light comedies celebrating ordinary American life. The Hardy family first appeared
Andy_Hardy
Behn. As a reaction to the decadence of Charles II era productions, sentimental comedy grew in popularity. This genre focused on encouraging virtuous behavior
History_of_theatre
Spanish-Mexican filmmaker (1900–1983)
commercial success ¿Quién me quiere a mí? [es] (Who Loves Me?), 1936 – a sentimental comedy that Buñuel called "my only commercial failure, and a pretty dismal
Luis_Buñuel
burlesque. However, some praised it as a charming fantasy, an innocent sentimental comedy. Others have called it a "fantastical comic romance". The plot centers
The_Old_Wives'_Tale_(play)
18th-century opera by Giovanni Paisiello
La folle par amour, set by Nicolas Dalayrac in 1786. The work is a sentimental comedy with set numbers, recitative and spoken dialog. It is set in Italy
Nina_(opera)
Film genre
Romantic period had little to do with comedy, they were hybrids incorporating elements of domestic and sentimental tragedies, pantomime "with an emphasis
Romantic_comedy
French novelist, playwright, and salon hostess (1695–1758)
the world's best-known living woman writer after the success of her sentimental comedy Cénie in 1750. Her reputation as a dramatist suffered when her second
Françoise_de_Graffigny
Artwork intended for performance; formal type of literature
melancholy work. The comedy of sex and wit was about to be replaced by sentimental comedy and the drama of exemplary morality. The pivotal and innovative contributions
Drama
Anglo-Irish writer and politician (1671–1729)
in March 1722. While at Drury Lane, Steele wrote and directed the sentimental comedy The Conscious Lovers, which was an immediate hit on stage in November
Richard_Steele
Italian film director and screenwriter (1895–1981)
Produced by Cines, the film was a small masterpiece in the genre of sentimental comedy and enjoyed great public success. It marked the beginning of a particularly
Mario_Camerini
Anglo-Irish writer (1728–1774)
Gutenberg An Essay on the Theatre; or, A Comparison Between Laughing and Sentimental Comedy Goldsmith Hall – student accommodation and lecture theatre, Trinity
Oliver_Goldsmith
followed by the successful comedy The Funeral later that year. In 1703, he wrote The Lying Lover, an early sentimental comedy that failed on stage. In 1705
Culture_of_the_United_Kingdom
2009 film by Steve Carr
the film's "wholesome" comedy. Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club gave the film a grade C−, calling it "a shamelessly sentimental comedy with a few crude gags
Paul_Blart:_Mall_Cop
Literature written in the English language
Sheridan reacted against the sentimental comedy of the 18th-century theatre, writing plays closer to the style of Restoration comedy. Sterne published his famous
English_literature
1978 film by Hal Needham
Arnold of The Washington Post called it "a rousing and sweet-tempered sentimental comedy" that "should finally secure Reynolds a preeminent position in the
Hooper_(film)
Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film
sections of the audience. ...". "Mangalavara Rajaadina Movie Review: A sentimental comedy drama". 7 February 2021. "Mangalavara Rajaadina Movie Review: A good
Mangalavara_Rajaadina
sexual frankness of Restoration comedy and towards the conservative certainties and gender role backlash of sentimental comedy. It is often described as "opportunistic"
Love's_Last_Shift
1987 studio album by Warren Zevon
Sentimental Hygiene is the sixth studio album by rock singer-songwriter Warren Zevon and his first "sober" one. The album was released on August 29, 1987
Sentimental_Hygiene
Traditional Japanese theatre
Harlequinade Restoration comedy Sentimental comedy Comédie larmoyante Shadow play Shakespearean comedy Sketch comedy Spex Stand-up comedy Street theatre Theatre
Sarugaku
side. As a reaction to the decadence of Charles II era productions, sentimental comedy grew in popularity. This genre focused on encouraging virtuous behaviour
Culture_of_England
1937 film by William Nigh
cited A Bride for Henry as within a subgenre of screwball comedies termed "sentimental comedy", where plots deal with domestic struggles but avoid true
A_Bride_for_Henry
Italian-language theatre and opera performed in France
tasteless" performances of the fair theatres. There was a need for theatrical comedy somewhere in between, with greater popular appeal than the Comédie-Française
Comédie-Italienne
English actor and theatre director (1904–2000)
In September of the same year Gielgud appeared in Dodie Smith's sentimental comedy Dear Octopus. The following year he directed and appeared in The Importance
John_Gielgud
sekaikei genre, in which plots combine apocalyptic crises with the sentimental comedy of school settings, spread and became popular; the love stories of
List of Neon Genesis Evangelion characters
List_of_Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_characters
French writer (1899–1974)
September 1974) was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's
Marcel_Achard
2020 Spanish comedy film
The People Upstairs (Spanish: Sentimental) is a 2020 Spanish comedy film written and directed by Cesc Gay, starring Javier Cámara, Griselda Siciliani
The People Upstairs (2020 film)
The_People_Upstairs_(2020_film)
Spanish dramatist (1866–1954)
otoño (Autumnal Roses, 1905), sentimental comedy, three acts. Los intereses creados (The Bonds of Interest, 1907), comedy of masks based on the Italian
Jacinto_Benavente
American singer and actress (1916–1994)
(Crying on the Inside)", "I Wish I Didn't Love You So", "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons", "Doin' What Comes Natur'lly", and "Dear Hearts and Gentle People"
Dinah_Shore
English actor-manager, playwright, and poet laureate
frankness of Restoration comedy and towards the conservative certainties and gender-role backlash of exemplary or sentimental comedy. According to Paul Parnell
Colley_Cibber
Early 18th-century English theatre
grew enormously as his plays saw a quadrupling of performances, and sentimental comedy and melodrama were the only "safe" choices for new drama. Dramatists
Augustan_drama
Literary and artistic debate that started in the 17th century
by establishing a new genre of theatre—unknown to the Ancients—the sentimental comedy (comédie larmoyante). In it, the impending tragedy was resolved by
Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns
Quarrel_of_the_Ancients_and_the_Moderns
Anglo-Irish novelist (1768–1849)
Throughout the eighteenth-century drama, and most noticeably in the sentimental comedy, the separation becomes more and more a means of moral judgment as
Maria_Edgeworth
Italian film genre
diverse trends in the 1930s, he happily moved into the territory of sentimental comedy with What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932), Il signor Max (1937) and Department
Telefoni_Bianchi
1795 play by Richard Cumberland
First Love is a 1795 sentimental comedy play by the British playwright Richard Cumberland. It was first performed at the Drury Lane Theatre in May 1795
First_Love_(play)
Film and television award ceremony in 2026
acting bid across the four acting categories in the event's history. Sentimental Value received the second-most in film with eight nominations, followed
83rd_Golden_Globes
2026 American film
anécdotas de rodaje de 'Sentimental'". El Periódico de Catalunya. Grater, Tom (March 2, 2021). "English-Language Remake Of Spanish Hit Comedy The People Upstairs
The_Invite
Setting of works by Jane Austen
18th-century sentimental romances, and comedies of manners, typically conclude with a love match. However, Austen does not write sentimental novels, even
Jane Austen's literary universe
Jane_Austen's_literary_universe
1970 studio album by Ringo Starr
Sentimental Journey is the debut solo studio album by the English musician Ringo Starr. It was released by Apple Records in March 1970 as the Beatles
Sentimental Journey (Ringo Starr album)
Sentimental_Journey_(Ringo_Starr_album)
century, the highbrow and provocative Restoration comedy lost favour, to be replaced by sentimental comedy, domestic Bourgeois tragedy such as George Lillo's
Theatre_of_the_United_Kingdom
Webster's Sentimental Comedy of the Foundling Home Heroine Triumphantly Revived". The New York Times. November 18, 1918. p. 13. Daddy Long-Legs : A comedy in
Daddy-Long-Legs_(play)
Dramatic plays in England
century, the highbrow and provocative Restoration comedy lost favour, to be replaced by sentimental comedy, domestic tragedy such as George Lillo's The London
English_drama
American actress
of the same name. According to Atkinson, the play version was "a sentimental comedy about a Brooklyn errand girl who taught a rich customer the secret
Laurette_Taylor
2025 film score by Nicholas Britell
the Movie Star but Adam Sandler Shines Brightest in Noah Baumbach's Sentimental Comedy-Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on September
Jay_Kelly_(soundtrack)
Collaborative form of performing art
parts in their tragedies. Common forms of non-comedic plays were sentimental comedies as well as something that would later be called tragédie bourgeoise
Theatre
American actress (born 1998)
Women (2016), Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled (2017) and Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value (2025); the latter earned her a nomination for the Academy Award
Elle_Fanning
The Variety reviewer wrote: "Neil Simon's new play is a strained, sentimental comedy-drama that will hardly burnish the reputation of the veteran playwright
Rose's_Dilemma
1942 film by Irving Pichel
Review of film at Variety "THE SCREEN; 'Life Begins at Eight Thirty,' Sentimental Comedy Film Starring Monty Woolley, Opens at the Roxy Theatre". The New York
Life_Begins_at_Eight-Thirty
1963 Italian film
A Sentimental Attempt (Italian: Un tentativo sentimentale) is a 1963 Italian comedy film. It stars actor Gabriele Ferzetti. It was a Black & White feature
A_Sentimental_Attempt
1981 American comedy film directed by Lee Philips
theater attraction." Richard Freedman of the Times-News felt it "was a sentimental comedy that unfortunately gets derailed early on," however he did note the
On_the_Right_Track
French singer and actress (1894–1977)
her acting had something of the same inimitable brand of impish sentimental comedy. But unlike Gertie Lawrence, whose singing voice, fascinating though
Yvonne_Printemps
French mime artist (1829–1873)
and liveliness of leg, Legrand took all the honors when it came to sentimental comedy. Charles's mask was "sharp", but Legrand's art, wrote Gautier, was
Charles_Deburau
My Leopold (German:Mein Leopold) is an 1873 sentimental comedy play by the German writer Adolphe L'Arronge. It is his best known work and has been adapted
My_Leopold_(play)
1699 play
George Farquhar. It is part of the Restoration comedy tradition, and is often described as a sentimental comedy. It marked the first major success of Farquhar's
The_Constant_Couple
1999 Chilean film
The Sentimental Teaser (Spanish: El Chacotero Sentimental) is a 1999 Chilean film directed by Cristián Galaz. The protagonist is a DJ named Rumpy, and
The_Sentimental_Teaser
Filmmaking industry in Italy
diverse trends in the 1930s, he happily moved into the territory of sentimental comedy with What Scoundrels Men Are! (1932), Il signor Max (1937) and Department
Cinema_of_Italy
American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (born 1981)
American comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is a founding member of the comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U' Know and starred in the sitcoms Friends with
Zach_Cregger
Theater at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, US
April 2009 One acts Moonlight and Valentino Ellen Simon February 2009 Sentimental comedy Bombs Away: A Revue of Flops February 2009 Musical revue The Great
Warehouse_Theatre_(Stephens)
American dark comedy drama television series
Hacks is an American dark comedy drama television series created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky that premiered on May 13, 2021, on HBO
Hacks
Category of film award
ceremony was held in 1929 with the award being split into "Dramatic" and "Comedy" categories; Frank Borzage and Lewis Milestone won for 7th Heaven and Two
Academy Award for Best Director
Academy_Award_for_Best_Director
she followed with supporting roles in the family comedy Daddy Day Care (2003), the family comedy-drama Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), the psychological
List of awards and nominations received by Elle Fanning
List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Elle_Fanning
Italian film director and producer (1892–1957)
before in Rome 11:00 (Roma ore 11). Genina's last film, Frou Frou, a sentimental comedy set in the Belle Époque, was released in 1955. After that, the endocarditis
Augusto_Genina
1949 film by David Miller
Crosby and Barry Fitzgerald would eventually drift together in another sentimental comedy... And all those band-wagon Hibernians who like to picture Ireland
Top o' the Morning (1949 film)
Top_o'_the_Morning_(1949_film)
2005 American TV series or program
on January 12, 2010 occurred right before 5PM. [1] Amarte así is a sentimental comedy or melodrama. As a teenager in Mexico, Nacho (Mauricio Ochmann) discovered
Amarte_así,_Frijolito
1936 film by Henry Koster
film was a huge box office hit. Variety wrote that that film "is a sentimental comedy and has that rare quality of making an audience feel better for having
Three_Smart_Girls
2024 American comedy series
A Man on the Inside is an American comedy television series created by Michael Schur and starring Ted Danson as a retiree turned amateur private investigator
A_Man_on_the_Inside
British stand-up comedian
"Milo Edwards: Sentimental : Reviews 2023 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-02. "Milo Edwards: Sentimental". Broadway
Milo_Edwards
Play by Charles Boyle
style it is much closer to traditional Restoration comedy, than the developing trend for Sentimental comedy. Staged at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in
As_You_Find_It
1999 American teen sex comedy
American Pie is a 1999 American teen comedy film directed and co-produced by Paul Weitz and written by Adam Herz. The film's main ensemble cast includes
American_Pie_(film)
2012 American film
Bachelorette is a 2012 American comedy film written and directed by Leslye Headland, adapted from her play of the same name. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy
Bachelorette_(film)
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Indian, Tamil
Sentiment of Love
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Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Sentiments
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Indian, Sanskrit
Sentimental; Emotional
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Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Feelings; Emotions; Sentiment; Thinking
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Hindu
With essence, Sentimental, Full of feelings, Juicy
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Muslim
Ecstasy, Sentiment
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Sentiment
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Sentiment of Love
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Indian, Sanskrit
Lord of the Sentiments
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Arabic, French, Indian, Kannada, Muslim, Sindhi
Ecstasy; Sentiment
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Feelings; Sentiments; Emotions; Meditation; Thinking
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Tamil
With essence, Sentimental, Full of feelings, Juicy
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Indian, Sanskrit
Sensitive; Sentimental
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Lord Shiva, Sentiment
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Lord Shiva, Sentiment
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Emotion; Sentiment
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Wealthy in Cows
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Tamil, Telugu
Lord Ganesh
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Irish
Rough; rugged.
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Muslim
Woman. Lady.
Male
English
English occupational surname transferred to forename use, derived from French maçon, MASON means "mason, stone-worker."
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Veenavadini | விநாவாதீநீ
Name of a Raga
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Brightness; Shining; Bright; Glowing
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English unisex form of Hebrew unisex Machlah, MAHLAH means "disease." In the bible, this is the name of a Gileadite (sex uncertain), and the name of the eldest of Zelophehad's five daughters.
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Name of Lord Krishna
Surname or Lastname
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English : origin uncertain; probably from an unidentified English place name formed with the Old Norse element by ‘farmstead’, ‘settlement’.Greenfield Larrabee was a mariner who arrived in New Haven, CT, from England in 1647.
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a.
Silly; weakly sentimental.
a.
Like a miss; prim; affected; sentimental.
adv.
In a sentimental manner.
a.
Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.
v. t.
A sentimental exhibition of affection or enthusiasm, etc.; effusive display of sentiment.
n.
Liberality of sentiments; catholicism.
a.
Hence, generally, a decision of the mind formed by deliberation or reasoning; thought; opinion; notion; judgment; as, to express one's sentiments on a subject.
adv.
Weakly; sentimentally; effusively.
a.
Sensibility; feeling; tender susceptibility.
a.
Sedimentary.
a.
Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid.
a.
Addressed or pleasing to the emotions only, usually to the weaker and the unregulated emotions.
a.
Inclined to sentiment; having an excess of sentiment or sensibility; indulging the sensibilities for their own sake; artificially or affectedly tender; -- often in a reproachful sense.
a.
Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.
a.
Disposed to clothe everything with roseate hues; hence, sentimental.
n.
Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
a.
Having, expressing, or containing a sentiment or sentiments; abounding with moral reflections; containing a moral reflection; didactic.
n.
Public sentiment; general passion.
n.
The quality or state of being sentimental.