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- noun The state or condition of being
hoky .
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Examples
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I agree with the 'hokiness' but I s'pose any publicity / awareness is a positive thing.
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I'd say this is the first really good episode, even if there is some hokiness surrounding the double and the crystal's ability to mimic people, for crying out loud.
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The plot holes on Signs are notable, and you can argue the hokiness of the ending to The Village, but those two films are servicable in terms of building suspense.
Moviegoers laugh at sight of M. Night Shyamalan's name. How has it come to this? | EW.com 2010
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"" The Edge, '' for all its hokiness, makes it real.
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In rock or rap, this would only raise eyebrows for its hokiness; in the world of country, it's a call-in-show controversy and a boardroom crisis.
Good Old Grrrls 2008
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Apparently, for these followers, "less," when engulfed by a tissue-thin veneer of folksy, hockey mom hokiness, extends far beyond "hope."
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Whoopi seemed like she was just reading the lines, not relishing the sheer lunacy and hokiness of the show.
The Footlights: Drew Lachey, Bailey Hanks, and Whoopi step in | EW.com 2008
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The novel ends up working despite what initially looked like an overdose of hokiness.
Archive 2005-08-01 MaksimSmelchak 2005
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The novel ends up working despite what initially looked like an overdose of hokiness.
NOVELS: Men's Action Novels to Sci-fi... MaksimSmelchak 2005
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There's just enough 50's hokiness to satisfy the cheese lover and enough intrigue to make you forget your watching a movie.
King Solomon's Mines Jeffrey Hill 2005
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