| 词汇 | hokily |
| 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. 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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