ETYM From Maudlin, a contr. of Magdalen, Old Eng. Maudeleyne, who is drawn by painters with eyes swelled and red with weeping.
1. Excessively sentimental; weak and silly.
2. Drunk, or somewhat drunk; given to excessive sentimentality.
Tearfully sentimental; sentimental; tearful, especially when drunk.

ETYM Orig., maggoty. Related to Mawk.
1. Apt to cause satiety or loathing; nauseous; disgusting.
2. Easily disgusted; squeamish; sentimentally fastidious.

Overly emotional, excessively sentimental

Emotionally, sentimentally; in tearful manner

In a mawkish manner.