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lachrymosely adverb literaryuk /ˈlæk.rɪ.məʊs.li/ us /ˈlæk.rɪ.moʊs.li/ very sadly, and often in a way that involves crying too easily: The moral ambivalence and savagery of the original are lachrymosely diluted. All her poems were of the lachrymosely sentimental kind. When a friend lachrymosely lamented the death of his adored mum, Coward remarked that it must be tough to be orphaned at the age of 71. He wrote lachrymosely that a thousand sabres should have been drawn to defend her honour. He is the lachrymosely joking chronicler of loss in contemporary Australian society. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Weeping and crying bawl blubber boohoo break down bucket burst out laughing/cryingidiom close to tears eye-watering grizzle have a sookidiom lachrymose mewl mewling tear something up tear-stained tear-streaked teardrop tearful tearfully waterworks |