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词汇 hokily
语种 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译
释义 hokily
adverb
USinformaluk /ˈhəʊ.kəl.i/ us /ˈhoʊ.kəl.i/
in a way that is too emotional or artificial and therefore difficult to believe:
The relationships on the reality show are presented so hokily that it is obvious that they are being scripted.
The film has a hokily melodramatic ending that is disappointing.
Synonym
mawkishly
Related word
hokey
As the boy in the movie was reunited with his dog, violin music hokily played on the soundtrack.
On the day before Valentine's Day, he browsed through all of the hokily poetic greeting cards looking for one to give to his wife.
The novel has a hokily contrived plot that is too ridiculous to take seriously.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Affected & insincere
affectation
affected
affectedly
archly
artificial
feyness
forced
forcedly
fustian
glib
piously
ponce
ponce about/around
posey
preciously
sugary
super-smooth
superslick
talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom
theatricality
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