1 connected with your emotions, rather than reason:
He has a strong sentimental attachment to the place. * She kept the letters for sentimental reasons. * The ring wasn't worth very much but it had great sentimental value.
2 (often disapproving) producing emotions such as pity, romantic love or sadness, which may be too strong or not appropriate; feeling these emotions too much:
a slushy, sentimental love story * Her book is honest without being sentimental. * He's not the sort of man who gets sentimental about old friendships.
OPPUNSENTIMENTAL
sentimentally adverb
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, sentimental is tagged as adjective.
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