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Meaning of "maudlinly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAUDLINLY

maudlinly  [ˈmɔːdlɪnlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAUDLINLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maudlinly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES MAUDLINLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sentimentalism (literature)

Sentimentalism is the practice of being sentimental, or the tendency to be governed by feelings instead of reason. As a literary mode, sentimentalism has been a recurring aspect of world literature, and is important to the traditions of India, China, and Vietnam. European sentimentalism arose during the Age of Enlightenment, partly as a response to sentimentalism in philosophy. In eighteenth-century England, the sentimental novel was a major literary genre.

Definition of maudlinly in the English dictionary

The definition of maudlinly in the dictionary is in a foolishly tearful or sentimental manner.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAUDLINLY


benignly
bɪˈnaɪnlɪ
clandestinely
klænˈdɛstɪnlɪ
divinely
dɪˈvaɪnlɪ
finely
ˈfaɪnlɪ
Finlay
ˈfɪnlɪ
genuinely
ˈdʒɛnjʊɪnlɪ
humanely
ˌhjuːˈmeɪnlɪ
inanely
ɪˈneɪnlɪ
inhumanely
ɪnhjuːˈmeɪnlɪ
inly
ˈɪnlɪ
insanely
ɪnˈseɪnlɪ
mainly
ˈmeɪnlɪ
malignly
məˈlaɪnlɪ
masculinely
ˈmæskjʊlɪnlɪ
McKinley
məˈkɪnlɪ
plainly
ˈpleɪnlɪ
sanely
ˈseɪnlɪ
thinly
ˈθɪnlɪ
ungainly
ʌnˈɡeɪnlɪ
vainly
ˈveɪnlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAUDLINLY

maubies
mauby
maud
maudlin
maudlinism
maudlinness
mauger
Maugham
maugre
Maui
maul
Maulana
mauler
maulers
mauling
Maulmain
maulstick
maulvi
maumet
maumetry

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAUDLINLY

bumpkinly
certainly
commonly
cousinly
evenly
fainly
gainly
heavenly
humanly
if only
manly
mistakenly
one and only
only
openly
read-only
suddenly
the only
uncertainly
virginly

Synonyms and antonyms of maudlinly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maudlinly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAUDLINLY

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The translations of maudlinly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maudlinly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

maudlinly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maudlinly
570 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
510 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
380 millions of speakers
ar

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maudlinly
280 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
278 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
270 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
260 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
220 millions of speakers

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Maudlinly
190 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
180 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
130 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maudlinly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

maudlinly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maudlinly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दांभिकपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maudlinly
70 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
65 millions of speakers

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maudlinly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

maudlinly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maudlinly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

maudlinly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maudlinly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maudlinly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maudlinly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maudlinly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUDLINLY»

The term «maudlinly» is normally little used and occupies the 139.307 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUDLINLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «maudlinly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «maudlinly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maudlinly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUDLINLY»

Discover the use of maudlinly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maudlinly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Abroad at home: American ramblings, observations, and ...
Himself a former cowboy, he writes cowboy stories which prove that cowboy stories need not be as false, and as maudlinly romantic as most cowboy stories manage to be. You don't have to know the plains to know that Mr. Adams' tales are ...
Julian Street, 1915
2
Metropolitan Magazine
Under the sorrowing palms raucous Buccaneer chants and obscene songs float maudlinly across the water. Around a score of shattered chests laden with Spanish gold, debauched figures squabble and curse in the light of a huge camp -fire, ...
‎1905
3
The auction block: a novel of New York life
Lilas was singing maudlinly, lying back in Jim's arms with her feet projecting through a window; the groom was laughing foolishly and pawing at his bride. The street lights reeled by in drunken procession. Now that his work was done, Jim flung ...
Rex Beach, 1914
4
Cosmopolitan
The wedding party was in the cab once more, and it was under way; Lilas was singing maudlinly, lying back in Jim's arms; the groom was laughing foolishly and pawing at his bride. The street lights reeled by in drunken procession. Now that ...
‎1914
5
Writing Tangier in the Postcolonial Transition: Space and ...
The mentally unbalancedand drugaddicted Barbara Hutton wasevidently nostalgic forthe Americanrecipe beverage, and would maudlinly telephone Hal Eastman, the American ConsulGeneral, in the middle of the night to complain. Eastman ...
Professor Michael K Walonen, 2013
6
Papyrus
We find in its most truthful passionate passages an echo authentic — but how maudlinly distorted! — of the very thought and feeling of the Lesbian. We note a half-suspected sense of caricature in the writer, even a reference, significant ...
‎1908
7
The Alkaloidal Clinic
When the eye reflex was gone the patient yet complained of pain and maudlinly declared that he felt everything we were doing, etc., etc., and I guess he did. Complete anesthesia would no doubt have killed him. The operation was quickly  ...
‎1900
8
The Cornhill Magazine
She is fond of him, of course, but does not allow him to be maudlinly sentimental. 'Dear Arthur,' she says, with her prettiest smile, 'of course I like you. It is my duty. But I don't mean to say that if you were to die I should not most likely marry ...
George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray, John St. Loe Strachey, 1894
9
The Pig Is Fat
At Lido Beach they found a singing, shouting, frantically drinking and maudlinly drunken mob of men and women that surged along the huge amusement pier. Benny marveled that the country could have gone dry when so many people ...
Lawrance Maynard, 2010
10
Literature in the Making: By Some of Its Makers
Instead there are a number of picturesque and attractive lay figures, and one of them is made to develop a whimsical, sentimental, and maudlinly optimistic philosophy of life. ^ "That is what the people want — a sugary philosophy, utterly  ...
Joyce Kilmer, 1917

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUDLINLY»

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1
Artist followed in soldier's footsteps
You can hear birds and there are poppies growing along the shore which is almost maudlinly sentimental. People are very friendly. I'd always ... «New Zealand Herald, Apr 15»
2
Kicked Out of a Building That Then Collapsed: An Interview With …
It's very heavy in existential themes, almost maudlinly existential themes. In your late 20s, life changes are happening and you're not sure how ... «PopMatters, Nov 14»
3
Theory Links 'Frozen,' 'The Little Mermaid,' & 'Tangled,' Will Make …
The newest theory expands on that, taking it all back to — rather maudlinly — the death of Elsa and Anna's parents in Frozen. Remember when ... «Bustle, Mar 14»
4
Jay Leno's final 'Tonight Show' is an emotional star-studded affair
More tellingly, before signing off, this rigorously self-contained man became almost maudlinly sentimental, choking up, his eyes brimming with ... «Philly.com, Feb 14»

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