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Sentimental describes a feeling of looking back fondly on memories, sometimes with a little bit of sadness or a wishing you could be back at that time. (adjective)

An example of sentimental is an attachment to your childhood house.

See sentimental in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

having or showing tender, gentle, or delicate feelings, as in aesthetic expression
having or showing such feelings in an excessive, superficial, or maudlin way; mawkish
influenced more by emotion than reason; acting from feeling rather than from practical motives
of or resulting from sentiment: a sentimental reason

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sentimentally adverb

See sentimental in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(sĕnˌtə-mĕnˈtl)

adjective

a. Characterized or swayed by sentiment.
b. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional.
Resulting from or colored by emotion rather than reason or realism.
Appealing to the sentiments, especially to romantic feelings: sentimental music.

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