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sap·py

 (săp′ē)
adj. sap·pi·er, sap·pi·est
1. Slang Excessively sentimental; mawkish.
2. Slang Silly or foolish.
3. Full of sap.

sap′pi·ly adv.
sap′pi·ness n.
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sappy

(ˈsæpɪ)
adj, -pier or -piest
1. (Botany) (of plants) full of sap
2. full of energy or vitality
3. slang silly or fatuous
ˈsappily adv
ˈsappiness n
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sap•py

(ˈsæp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
1. abounding in sap.
2. sentimental; mawkish.
3. foolish.
[before 1100]
sap′pi•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.sappy - ludicrous, foolish; "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
foolish - devoid of good sense or judgment; "foolish remarks"; "a foolish decision"
2.sappy - abounding in sap; "sappy maple trees"; "sappy kindling wood"
juicy - full of juice
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sappy

adjective
1. Slang. Affectedly or extravagantly emotional:
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Translations
imeläsiirappinen

sappy

1 [ˈsæpɪ] ADJ (Bot) → lleno de savia, jugoso

sappy

2 [ˈsæpɪ] ADJ (= foolish) → bobo
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sappy

adj
plant etcsaftig, voller Saft; (fig)kraftvoll, voller Energie
(esp US = over-sentimental) play, book, filmrührselig; (inf: = silly, foolish) → einfältig, dämlich
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The 2016 'surgical strike' hoax has been rallied by the BJP as a purported 'strong line' against Pakistan, and it is 'corroborated' by yet sappier fictions such as the new Uri propaganda movie.
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Analogies include to R v Sappier; R v Grey, 2006 SCC 54, [2006] 2 SCR 686 where the court found that harvesting wood on specific sites for shelter and thus survival was part of an Aboriginal right.
Oh, and along the way he keeps running into Joe Strummer, who shows up to dole out helpful advice when Shay most needs it, like a less magical-realist Humphrey Bogart in "Play It Again, Sam." The film, written by Matthew Brown from an earlier version by Sonya Goldea and Kirsten Sheridan, never goes too far turning Strummer into the father-figure mentor that a sappier script might make him (he still gets to be a drunken punk).
McCabe renders this aspect of the series without judgment, even when detailing one of its sappier moments, where the White House Communications Director Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff) waxes nostalgic about the impact of Sesame Street on his childhood.
Critics in 1965 recoiled from its operetta schmaltz, its wooden acting, the sentimental goop poured all over what was already considered one of the sappier Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.
Natalie Sappier, artistically known ast The Water Spirit, tis a visual artist from Tobique First Nation, New Brunswick.
But Scholl's ethereal sound and Ek's warmer, sappier voice complemented each other perfectly in Pergolesi's Stabat Mater bringing contrast and variety to the performance.
In some cases, courts have denied commercial practices, such as the right to fish for commercial purposes (R v NTC Smokehouse Ltd, [1996] 2 SCR 672) or to harvest trees to build and sell furniture for commercial purposes (R v Sappier; R v Gray, [2006] 2 SCR 686, 2006 SCC 54 [Sappier]), sometimes by arguing that the practice did not exist in commercial form.