sentimentally

/ˌsɛnəˈmɛnəɫli/ adv C1 ✓

In a sentimental manner.

Word Origin 'Sentimentally' traces back to Latin 'sentire' 'to feel'. The root sent- is all about perception: sensible (able to be felt), sensitive, sentence (originally a thought or opinion), and even consent (feel together). So when you act sentimentally, you're letting feelings guide you—literally 'feeling-ly'. The same root gives us resent (feel again, negatively).

adv In a sentimental manner. C1 ✓

She spoke sentimentally about her childhood memories.

(副词) 感伤地;多愁善感地

她感伤地谈论着她的童年回忆。

(adverbio) sentimentalmente; con sentimentalismo [De manera sentimental.]

Habló con sentimentalismo sobre sus recuerdos de la infancia.

(adverbe) sentimentalement; avec émotion; d'une manière sentimentale [D'une manière sentimentale, avec une émotion tendre ou mélancolique.]

Elle a parlé avec émotion de ses souvenirs d'enfance.

(Adverb) sentimental; rührselig [**Sentimentally** beschreibt eine Handlung oder Äußerung, die von übermäßiger oder rührseliger Gefühlsbetontheit geprägt ist.]

Er sprach **sentimentally** über seine Kindheit und die Erinnerungen an sein Elternhaus.

(副詞) 感傷的に、感情的に振る舞う様子で。

彼女は子供時代の思い出について感傷的に語った。

(advérbio) sentimentalmente; com sentimentalismo [De maneira sentimental.]

Ela falou com sentimentalismo sobre suas memórias de infância.

Word parts: sentiment + al + ly

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