Meaning of hokey in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  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

  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

Famous quotes

  • « Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true. »
    Lev Yilmaz

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