mawkishly

1. 1.

   in a mawkish and emotional manner

   “the violinist played that piece mawkishly”

   Synonymsdrippily

Questions about mawkishly

What does mawkishly mean?

mawkishly means "in a mawkish and emotional manner".

How many syllables are in mawkishly?

mawkishly has 3 syllables: maw-kish-ly. The stress falls on "maw".

What is another word for mawkishly?

Close synonyms include drippily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mawkishly a common word?

mawkishly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.