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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Examples of corny in a Sentence
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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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
After those first few weeks of trying to appear—and feel—older, cooler, smarter, and worthy of befriending, the corny scarecrows unlocked something dorky and beautiful in me.
—Grace McCarty, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
He’s got the necessary bona fides to receive such an honor, including a Golden Lion for his participation in the 2005 Venice Biennale, but his work always struck me as ambiguous to a fault, at times even downright corny.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
This sounds corny, but just doing our best, doing beyond our best.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
And then, fueled by corny ambition and creative use of Excel spreadsheets, the Cooley family of Dixon went big.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
After those first few weeks of trying to appear—and feel—older, cooler, smarter, and worthy of befriending, the corny scarecrows unlocked something dorky and beautiful in me.
—Grace McCarty, SELF, 9 Oct. 2024
He’s got the necessary bona fides to receive such an honor, including a Golden Lion for his participation in the 2005 Venice Biennale, but his work always struck me as ambiguous to a fault, at times even downright corny.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2024
This sounds corny, but just doing our best, doing beyond our best.
—Jason Simon, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Corny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corny. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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