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adorably

American  
[uh-dawr-uhb-lee] / əˈdɔr əb li /

adverb

  1. in a way that is adorable; in a cute, endearing, or delightful way.

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Only one scene really has an impact: Ben runs into a nerd-revolutionary, adorably played by Michael Cera, who seems like a little brother of Leonardo DiCaprio’s addled old radical in “One Battle After Another.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

If you thought banks cleaned up after 2008, you’re adorably optimistic.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

Captive-bred babies are adorably tiny, with delicate legs and pinprick eyes.

From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025

This recycled trash is no treasure, but I’m betting the majority of this redo’s audience will be young enough to find ’90s-style schlock adorably quaint.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025

She smiled and blushed adorably, swatting at him.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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