Definition of "cutesy" [cutesy]

• Informal Deliberately or affectedly cute; precious: a cutesy boutique for children's fashions. (adjective)

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• "My guess is that it started online (or close to it, like in cutesy IM language), similar to other grammatical borrowings (的说 being another prominent example)."
• "And did you know, the word 'twee' in English, which means overly-cutesy, is the Dutch word for 'two'?"
• "Alas, she tells it in cutesy, sophomoric prose, such as: “So Gram pinned her hopes on moi … Come awwwwwn … yadda, yadda.”"