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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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- 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...
- were negative; Chris Nashawaty of Entertainment W****ly dismissed it as "mawkish and melodramatic" but credited Winslet for adding layers to her p****ive...
- 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...
- aims for a story that's poignant and told sparely, but comes across as mawkish, tedious and self-indulgent. S**** brings a gravitas to her character that...
- 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...
- and then it might have been fun. As it is, the show opens on a wrong and mawkish military note and progresses to the usual plug for the Great Heart of Show...
- had written. "Yesterday" has also been criticised for being mundane and mawkish. Bob Dylan had a marked dislike for the song, stating that "If you go into...
- guy and his untrainable pooch. Yet Marley boasts animal magnetism ... Mawkish? Sometimes. But often very funny and occasionally very moving." The film...
- expressed the opinion that, "It has become an embarr****ing memory, like a mawkish, self-pitying teenage entry in a diary ... we cringe to think about it...