Corny
Corny adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Usage example: corny violin music during the movie's love scenes
Novelettish and corny are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Novelettish" instead an adjective "Corny".
Novelettish
Novelettish adjective - Appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way.
Usage example: readers will encounter surprisingly novelettish dialogue for a work that is supposed to be a literary novel
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Corny and novelettish are semantically related. You can use "Corny" instead an adjective "Novelettish".
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