hok·ey

[hoh-kee]
adjective, hok·i·er, hok·i·est.
1.
overly sentimental; mawkish: Two glasses of wine and he gets unbearably hokey; it's hard to believe he's a highly paid executive! corny, maudlin, melodramatic, cloying, goopy, mushy.
2.
obviously contrived, especially to win popular appeal or support; phony: The hokey stories of his impoverished childhood always surface at election time. fake, false, artificial, counterfeit, sham, spurious.

Origin:
1945–50; irregular hok(um) + -y1

hok·ey·ness, hok·i·ness, noun
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hokey (ˈhəʊkɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  corny; sentimental
2.  contrived; phoney
 
[C20: from hokum]

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hokey definition

[ˈhoki]
  1. mod.
    contrived; phony; ill conceived. (Probably related to hocus-pocus. See also hocus.) : That's a pretty hokey idea, but it may work.
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Example sentences
No endless wires, no hokey wireless off mirrored saucers on the ceiling.
Though excessively hokey at times, the film scores on its obvious sincerity.
Some of it was a bit hokey, but other parts were pretty apt.
People hear of using duct tape, they think it is hokey when this is serious
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