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hoary adjective [ ˈhɔːri ]

• greyish white.
• "hoary cobwebs"
Similar: greyish white, grey, white, silver, silvery, frost-covered, frosty, rimy,
• overused and unoriginal; trite.
• "the hoary old adage often used by Fleet Street editors"
Similar: trite, hackneyed, clichéd, banal, platitudinous, vapid, ordinary, commonplace, common, stock, conventional, stereotyped, predictable, overused, overdone, overworked, stale, worn out, time-worn, tired, threadbare, hack, unimaginative, unoriginal, derivative, uninspired, prosaic, routine, pedestrian, run-of-the-mill, old hat, corny, hacky, played out, cornball, dime-store, truistic, bromidic,
Opposite: original,


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