drippily
In saccharine fashion
In an excessively sentimental or mawkish manner: The violins swelled drippily as the lovers reunited.
The adverb form of drippy, suggesting emotion that oozes or drips with saccharine excess.
overwrought
Excessively emotional or elaborate
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
- sappyExcessively sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
saccharine · cloying · gushing · effusive · tearful · soppy · mushy · syrupy · treacly · weepy
faucet
Valve controlling water flow
trickling · dribbling · drizzling · condensation · runny · viscous · drops · droplets · splatter · spout
emotional restraint
drippilydryly
Without emotional inflection
matter-of-factly · stoically · coolly · dispassionately · tersely
sincerity/authenticity
drippilygenuinely
In a real manner
sincerely · authentically · straightforwardly · plainly · unpretentiously
- dripping wetSaturated beyond absorption
- dripping waterLiquid falling in drops
- dripping faucetValve that won't seal
- dripping wax
- beef drippingRendered fat from cattle
- dripping panVessel for catching meat juices