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Mawkishly
Mawkishly Mawk"ish*ly, adv. In a mawkish way.
Mawkishness
Mawkishness Mawk"ish*ness, n. The quality or state of being mawkish. --J. H. Newman.

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- Modern British Culture, Nadja Durbach describes the work as "much more mawkish and moralising than one would expect from the leading postmodern surrealist...
- own child". Y Sunita Chowdhary of The Hindu opined that the film made a mawkish take on parenthood. She stated: "Though Maruthi chose a nice concept about...
- were negative; Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment W****ly dismissed it as "mawkish and melodramatic" but credited Winslet for adding layers to her p****ive...
- film three and a half out of four stars and wrote, "This could have been mawkish—an "eat your vegetables" movie about an inspirational figure overcoming...
- very funny. Or very good." Msn.com says "Ricky Gervais' Derek remains a mawkish mess. Where to begin? The mockumentary format is moribund. The ethics are...
- financial success, but mixed reviews, with some critics judging it to be a mawkish adaptation. It was also noted for its soundtrack, and nominated for several...
- Luke (30 November 2024). "How to Make Gravy review – a well-intentioned, mawkish misfire". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 December 2024....
- disproportioned structures; awkwardly unpredictable metrical variation; clashing, mawkish diction; complex, wandering syntax; etc." He occasionally drew from the...
- "Bicentennial Man is ruined by a bad script and ends up being dull and mawkish." On Metacritic it has a weighted average score of 42 out of 100, based...
- goodwill of its people that neither revels in irony nor descends into mawkishness. A film based on the book was directed by Ed Bye and starred Tony Hawks...