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Meaning of hokey in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈhoʊki/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    hokey

    Definitions

    1. effusively or insincerely emotional

    Examples

    • « a bathetic novel »
    • « maudlin expressons of sympathy »
    • « mushy effusiveness »
    • « a schmaltzy song »
    • « sentimental soap operas »
    • « slushy poetry »

    Synonyms

    • emotional
  2. 2. artificially formal

    Examples

    • « that artificial humility that her husband hated »
    • « contrived coyness »
    • « a stilted letter of acknowledgment »
    • « when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation »

    Synonyms

    • affected
    • unnatural

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