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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. as in a melodrama;
- Example: "here, the hero is melodramatically reunited with the heroine"

2. in an overly emotional manner;
- Example: "she acted melodramatically when she called for help"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Melodramatic \Mel`o*dra*mat"ic\, a. [Cf. F. m['e]lodramatique.] Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

melodramatically adv 1: as in a melodrama; "here, the hero is melodramatically reunited with the heroine" 2: in an overly emotional manner; "she acted melodramatically when she called for help"