cutesiness
- a word derived from cutesy.
Example Sentences
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Dinklage has used his platform to fight Hollywood depictions of dwarfs as leprechauns or elves, and he’s pushed back against society’s tendency to highlight “the cutesiness of little people.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 26, 2022
And there is a little whimsy, or perhaps a touch of blarney, in “Belfast,” though you can sense Branagh hard at work, straining to keep every impulse toward cutesiness in check.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
Showing people struggling with everyday technology has become an inane documentary motif, and Gelernt’s apparently chronic difficulties with keeping his cellphone charged add more cutesiness than texture.
From New York Times ● Jul. 30, 2020
Booksmart’s Beanie Feldstein wore an extraordinary headband that was both bold and subtle enough to evade the headband cutesiness trap.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2020
I noted the odd capitalization, as well as how disagreeable cutesiness is when one is hangry.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2018
