sentimentally
In heartfelt manner
Sentimentally describes doing something with excessive emotion or nostalgia, often romanticizing the past or relationships: She spoke sentimentally about her childhood home.
The word can suggest genuine tenderness or imply that feelings are overindulged or superficial: He sentimentally kept every letter she'd ever written.
With pensive longing
- reminiscentlyIn a remembering way
- longinglyWith intense desire
- yearninglyWith intense wistful desire
- retrospectivelyWith backward-looking perspective
misty-eyed · homesick · bygone · yesteryear · memories · throwback · halcyon · sepia-toned
In an emotionally affecting way
- poignantlyIn moving manner
- emotionallyRegarding inner feelings
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
- stirringlyIn an inspiring manner
tearfully · moved · touched · affected · evocatively · soulfully · deeply · profoundly
With overdone sentimentality
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
- maudlinExcessively tearful sentiment
cloyingly · overwrought · theatrically · mushily · gushingly · tearfully · weepily · soppy
With deep affection
- tenderlyWith gentle care
- fondlyWith deep affection
- adoringlyWith great affection
- devotedlyWith steadfast commitment
warmly · caringly · dotingly · warmheartedly · cherishing · endearingly · gently · sweetly
wistfully
With pensive longing
- reminiscentlyIn a remembering way
- longinglyWith intense desire
- yearninglyWith intense wistful desire
retrospectively · misty-eyed · homesick · bygone · yesteryear · memories · throwback · halcyon · sepia-toned · recollect
touchingly
In an emotionally affecting way
- poignantlyIn moving manner
- emotionallyRegarding inner feelings
- heartfeltDeeply and sincerely meant
stirringly · tearfully · moved · touched · affected · evocatively · soulfully · deeply · profoundly · meaningfully
mawkishly
With overdone sentimentality
- saccharineExaggeratedly sentimental
- schmaltzyExcessively and insincerely sentimental
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
maudlin · cloyingly · overwrought · theatrically · mushily · gushingly · tearfully · weepily · soppy · cheesily
lovingly
With deep affection
devotedly · warmly · caringly · dotingly · warmheartedly · cherishing · endearingly · gently · sweetly · softly
sentimentallycoldly
Without emotional warmth
coolly · dispassionately · detachedly · unsentimentally · unemotionally
sentimentallycynically
With distrust of sincerity
skeptically · sardonically · jadedly · bitterly · mockingly
sentimentallyrationally
In a logical manner
analytically · clinically · dispassionately · logically · pragmatically
- sentimental valueWorth from personal attachment
- sentimental foolPerson ruled by feelings
- sentimental journeyTravel prompted by emotion
- sentimental attachmentEmotion-based connection to something
- sentimental songsMusic evoking tender emotions
- sentimental balladsEmotionally stirring slow songs
sentimental, unsentimental, sentimentality, sentimentalist, sentimentalize, sentimentalized, sentimentalists, sentimentalizing, sentimentalizes