cornier; corniest
1
: mawkishly old-fashioned : tiresomely simple and sentimental
told corny jokes
corny greeting cards
2
: of or relating to corn
3
archaic
: tasting strongly of malt
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Adjective (1)
corny violin music during the movie's love scenes
the audience groaned as the emcee told one corny joke after another
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
By Design is the kind of film that isn’t afraid to be corny, treating Olivier and Camille’s connection as man and chair as seriously as any other relationship.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
This may seem corny, but sources do not need to help you ...
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
Complete predictability is key to the genre — plots with no real surprises, acting that’s purely sufficient, effects that are corny but passably cool, at least a few head-slapping lines.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
The production gets a little corny and theatrical at times (an important prop item at the end of the play doesn’t look very real, making its impact more symbolic than visceral).
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2025
By Design is the kind of film that isn’t afraid to be corny, treating Olivier and Camille’s connection as man and chair as seriously as any other relationship.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
This may seem corny, but sources do not need to help you ...
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
Complete predictability is key to the genre — plots with no real surprises, acting that’s purely sufficient, effects that are corny but passably cool, at least a few head-slapping lines.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Corny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corny. Accessed 14 Feb. 2025.
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