cutesy
adjective
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered.
cutesie
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a variation of
cutesy.
Example Sentences
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Up until about a year ago I would heartily roll my eyes and snigger whenever a cutesie photo of my husband’s sister’s boss’s baby would pop up on my Facebook feed.
From Time ● Sep. 27, 2014
Charley is one of those torpid hybrids, cutesie Broadway vulgarity grafted onto the bones of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
So widespread is this practice that NBC Nightly News, in the election's final week, put together a cutesie "news" item, with a quick succession of voters, each saying, "I'm undecided"; "I'm undecided."
From Time Magazine Archive
Patricia Henderson Newark Whoever wrote the article on Mary Tyler Moore and Valerie Harper is suffering from a terminal case of cutesie.
From Time Magazine Archive
Petite and canny, Klein rose to prominence by injecting a new elegance into the traditionally cutesie junior-size dresses.
From Time Magazine Archive
