Hokey and Silly

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Hokey adjective - Tiresomely obvious and unsophisticated.

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Silly and hokey are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Hokey".

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

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Hokey and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hokey" instead an adjective "Silly".

Nearby Word: silliness

The original Mighty Crusaders series of the mid-1960s is this: Hokey stories, bland attempts by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel to ape the Stan Lee style, and silly over-exaggeration of the very Marvel-style story concepts that they were aiming for.

Source: So Bad Its Good / Comic Books

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