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  • adjective superlative form of schmaltzy: most schmaltzy.

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Examples

  • Tribbett weaves around convention in surprising ways, often turning to the schmaltziest of styles to sell his shtick.

    Album review: Tye Tribbett, "Fresh" Click Track 2010

  • Tribbett weaves around convention in surprising ways, often turning to the schmaltziest of styles to sell his shtick.

    Tye Tribbett's fourth album, 'Fresh,' marries passion and pulpit Post 2010

  • Even at their bullshit schmaltziest, I still love everything from the early 70′s up to the mid-80′s.

    ELO | Evil Genius Chronicles 2005

  • Genesis – Selling England by the Pound, The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, and A Trick of the Tail top the list, but I could listen to all but the their schmaltziest songs on a vast loop.

    In The Category of Bands I Never Get Tired Of « Whatever 2007

  • Spielberg-Merchant-Ivory will produce the schmaltziest movie ever as only they could.

    Archive 2005-10-01 2005

  • Owen had worked on the London stage -- where he met his wife, Sarah-Jane Fenton, playing Romeo to her Juliet ( "It's the schmaltziest way you can meet somebody, I think").

    CLIVE ARRIVES 2007

  • Spielberg-Merchant-Ivory will produce the schmaltziest movie ever as only they could.

    The Enigmatic Jean-Jacques Lequeu 2005

  • Perhaps the pr people have noticed this too and are on a mission to be the schmaltziest party in town.

    The Guardian World News David Mitchell 2010

  • Perhaps the pr people have noticed this too and are on a mission to be the schmaltziest party in town.

    The Guardian World News David Mitchell 2010

  • Although "Cherish" is perhaps the schmaltziest song ever recorded, I have to pause and recognize the girl who, for reasons still unknown, asked a pimply-faced nerd with a mouth full of braces to dance.

    Victoria Advocate stories: News 2009

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