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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Kelsey Baker, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
But Garland’s earnest delivery cuts through what could be considered corny to deliver a classic.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
What comes naturally to me is that sort of soft, corny, mushy stuff.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
Here and throughout, the novel evades corny correlations between procreation and making art.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2024
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Adjective
The encounter was one for the scrapbook, Carnal said, and rife with enough corny jokes to make it to the moon and back.
—Kelsey Baker, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
But Garland’s earnest delivery cuts through what could be considered corny to deliver a classic.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
What comes naturally to me is that sort of soft, corny, mushy stuff.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
Here and throughout, the novel evades corny correlations between procreation and making art.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2024
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“Corny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corny. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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