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"