I. ˈkȯrnē, ˈkȯ(ə)n-, -ni adjective
( usually -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from corn (I) + -y
1. archaic : tasting strongly of malt
2. : of or relating to corn : producing, abounding in, or full of corn
the corny ear — Matthew Prior
3. : using familiar and sterotyped formulas believed to appeal to the unsophisticated : trite
the American satirizing the Englishman and the Englishman satirizing the American reach their corniest and most obvious depths — Stephen Potter
a play full of corny music and corny jokes
bc mawkishly sentimental
fantasy about a blue kitten … in less talented hands … could have been painfully corny — Atlantic
: old-fashioned
TV sets are selling poorly because their styling is a little backward, sort of corny — Time
: characterized by threadbare moralizing, exaggerated theatricality, or grandiose but commonplace sentiments
especially eloquent in a slightly corny way, with the wide gestures and grandiloquent intonations of a United States senator — F.L.Allen
II. adjective
( usually -er/-est )
Etymology: corn (III) + -y
1. : relating to corns
2. : having corns on the feet