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corny

1

[kawr-nee]

adjective

cornier, corniest 
  1. of or abounding in corn.

  2. Informal.

    1. old-fashioned, trite, or lacking in subtlety.

      corny jokes.

    2. mawkishly sentimental.

      a corny soap opera.

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corny

2

[kawr-nee]

adjective

cornier, corniest 
  1. pertaining to or affected with corns corn of the feet.

corny

/ ˈɔːɪ /

adjective

  1. trite or banal

  2. sentimental or mawkish

  3. abounding in corn

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Other Word Forms

  • cornily adverb
  • corniness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corny1

First recorded in 1350–1400; 1930–35 corny 1 for def. 2; Middle English; corn 1 + -y 1

Origin of corny2

First recorded in 1700–10; corn 2 + -y 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corny1

C16 (C20 in the sense rustic, banal): from corn 1 + -y 1
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Example Sentences

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But Jackman sold its corny idealism with a huckster’s sincerity you couldn’t help but buy.

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“Hispandering” is a category of corny behavior exhibited by politicians in a desperate bid to hunt down that elusive cryptid known as “the Latino vote.”

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But who would watch a show about Charlotte and Harry, and LTW and Herbert, living and loving and occasionally hooting in support of their friend’s corny a cappella outfit?

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The scene is as ridiculous and knowingly corny as it is genuinely moving.

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When Craig spots Austin cracking a corny one-liner on the nightly news, he smiles like Santa Claus is real.

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