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What is the adjective for sappily?

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sappy
  1. (US) Excessively sweet, emotional, nostalgic; cheesy; mushy. (British equivalent: soppy)
  2. Having (a particularly large amount of) sap.
  3. (obsolete) Juicy.
  4. (obsolete, of wood) Spongy; Having spaces in which large quantities of sap can flow.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “While watching the film, I couldn't help but notice the sappy decisions made by the characters that disregarded their own safety and logic.”
      “After watching the romantic movie, she couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by its sappy ending.”
      “If this sounds like it could lead to sappy and sentimental situations, well, it does.”
sappy
  1. (obsolete) Musty; tainted; rancid.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “While watching the film, I couldn't help but notice the sappy decisions made by the characters that disregarded their own safety and logic.”
      “After watching the romantic movie, she couldn't help but feel overwhelmed by its sappy ending.”
      “If this sounds like it could lead to sappy and sentimental situations, well, it does.”
sappier
  1. comparative form of sappy: more sappy
  2. Examples:
    1. “With my kids, I'm a little sappier than my father may have been.”
      “And if you weeded out the bits that sound like the sappier type of Mother's Day card, my contribution would probably fit nicely on a postage stamp.”
      “While this number desperately cries out for a Kelly Clarkson-like cathartic release, Duff shows what doesn't kill her makes her sappier.”
sappiest
  1. superlative form of sappy: most sappy
  2. Examples:
    1. “Of all the holidays we celebrate every year, New Year's to my mind is the sappiest.”
      “It's understandable that Mr. Spacey doesn't want to be typecast, and his ability to curdle the sentimentality in the sappiest material has almost saved sections of those previous movies.”
      “She is spunky and sassy, snaffles all of the best lines and manages to make even the sappiest lines in writer-director John Lee Hancock's manipulative script ring true.”
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