melodramatically

Adverb

Meaning

in an overly emotional manner

as in a melodrama

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dramatic dramatically overly excessively affectedly artificially artistically tragically unnaturally theatrically comically sensationally imaginatively excitingly luridly

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Antonyms

easily naturally steadily quietly moderately smoothly

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Examples

You kill me, Rose," he said melodramatically. "Every day is agony without you. Empty. Alone. I pine for you, wondering if you're even still alive. Richelle Mead

Every war is ironic because every war is worse than expected. Every war constitutes an irony of situation because its means are so melodramatically disproportionate to its presumed ends. Paul Fussell

she acted melodramatically when she called for help Source: Internet

here, the hero is melodramatically reunited with the heroine Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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