different between sentimentality vs gushingly

English

sentimental +? -ity

sentimentality (plural sentimentalities)

gushing +? -ly

gushingly (comparative more gushingly, superlative most gushingly)

So as to gush or flow forth.
- 1982, Popular Photography (volume 89, number 9, page 118)
  Just send a good, strong current through, so that the water overflows gushingly, and shake the reels from time to time […]
In a gushing manner; with overeffusive sentimentality.
- 1998, Robert Stone, Damascus Gate
  "We went to see Guys and Dolls in New York," Maria Clara said gushingly. "It was so typical. We thought of you."

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