The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mawkishly \Mawk"ish*ly\, adv. In a mawkish way. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mawkishly adv 1: in a mawkish and emotional manner; "the violinist played that piece mawkishly" [syn: mawkishly, drippily]