cornily
In hackneyed fashion
In a corny manner—with excessive sentimentality, obvious humor, or clichéd appeal: He cornily declared his love with a dozen roses and a boombox.
The word acknowledges that something is cheesy or unsophisticated, often with affection rather than contempt.
With overdone sentimentality
- mushilyIn overly sentimental fashion
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
- weepilyWith visible crying
- gushilyWith excessive sentimentality
tearfully · maudlinly · emotionally · nostalgically · melodramatically · affectedly · cloyingly · treacly
In a cheap, showy way
- hokilyIn a trite way
- hammilyWith exaggerated theatrical expression
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
- campilyWith exaggerated showiness
tritely · banally · goofily · awkwardly · clunkily · lamely · mushily · slushily
With exaggerated theatrical expression
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- dramaticallyIn a striking manner
- exaggeratedlyTo an inflated degree
- bombasticallyIn pretentiously inflated style
grandiosely · floridly · flamboyantly · ostentatiously · pompously · pretentiously · showily · stagily
In an unoriginal manner
- predictablyIn an expected manner
- formulaicallyIn a fixed pattern
- unoriginallyWithout creative newness
- stifflyIn inflexible manner
conventionally · prosaically · uninspiredly · boringly · tiresomely · tediously · repetitively · stalely
mawkishly
With overdone sentimentality
gushily · tearfully · maudlinly · emotionally · nostalgically · melodramatically · affectedly · cloyingly · treacly · overemotionally
tackily
In a cheap, showy way
- hokilyIn a trite way
- hammilyWith exaggerated theatrical expression
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
campily · tritely · banally · goofily · awkwardly · clunkily · lamely · mushily · slushily · dorkily
hammily
With exaggerated theatrical expression
- melodramaticallyWith exaggerated emotional display
- dramaticallyIn a striking manner
- exaggeratedlyTo an inflated degree
bombastically · grandiosely · floridly · flamboyantly · ostentatiously · pompously · pretentiously · showily · stagily · theatrically
derivatively
In an unoriginal manner
- predictablyIn an expected manner
- formulaicallyIn a fixed pattern
- unoriginallyWithout creative newness
stiffly · conventionally · prosaically · uninspiredly · boringly · tiresomely · tediously · repetitively · stalely
cornilysophisticatedly
In refined, worldly manner
subtly · elegantly · tastefully · artfully · wittily
cornilyunsentimentally
Without emotional indulgence
genuinely · sincerely · authentically · originally · freshly
cornilyunsentimentally
Without emotional indulgence
drily · matter-of-factly · dispassionately · stoically · detachedly