hokily
In saccharine fashion
In a hokey manner—with corny, overly sentimental, or contrived effect: The movie hokily resolved every conflict with a group hug.
The word suggests something trying too hard to be charming or heartwarming and falling flat.
In a trite manner
- cornilyIn clichéd, sappy manner
- mushilyIn overly sentimental fashion
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
- mawkishlyWith overdone sentimentality
cloyingly · treacly · gushingly · tearfully · melodramatically · simpering · sentimentally · effusively
In a stale manner
- predictablyIn an expected manner
- formulaicallyIn a fixed pattern
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
- conventionallyIn accepted manner
stereotypically · unoriginally · stiffly · woodenly · amateurishly · awkwardly · ham-fistedly · clumsily
cheesily
In a trite manner
- cornilyIn clichéd, sappy manner
- mushilyIn overly sentimental fashion
- sappilyWith excessive sentimentality
mawkishly · cloyingly · treacly · gushingly · tearfully · melodramatically · simpering · sentimentally · effusively · unctuously
tritely
In a stale manner
- predictablyIn an expected manner
- formulaicallyIn a fixed pattern
- hackneyedOverused and unoriginal
conventionally · stereotypically · unoriginally · stiffly · woodenly · amateurishly · awkwardly · ham-fistedly · clumsily · heavy-handedly
hokilygenuinely
In a real manner
authentically · sincerely · honestly · earnestly · truthfully
hokilysubtly
With quiet nuance
sophisticatedly · elegantly · tastefully · artfully · cleverly