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Hokey
adjective (compar. hokier; superl. hokiest) 1.Effusively or insincerely emotional. Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, kitschy, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, slushy, soppy, soupy. "Maudlin expressions of sympathy" , "Mushy effusiveness" , "A schmaltzy song" , "Sentimental soap operas" , "Slushy poetry" 2.Artificially formal. Synonyms: artificial, contrived, stilted. "Contrived coyness" , "A stilted letter of acknowledgment" , "When people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"
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