lovey-dovey

[luhv-ee-duhv-ee]

adjective

Informal.

1. amorously affectionate.

   a lovey-dovey couple.

lovey-dovey

adjective

1. making an excessive or ostentatious display of affection

Word History and Origins

Origin of lovey-dovey¹

1810–20; originally affectionate term of address; love, dove ¹, -ey ²

Example Sentences

As for the assumption that she’d go “all lovey-dovey,” as the singer puts it?

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I’m a very emotional guy, but I’m not a very lovey-dovey guy.

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“Six Feet Under” is pretty lovey-dovey.

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“You can tell when they’re arguing with each other; you can tell when they’re lovey-dovey.”

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"There have been conversations about whether K-pop artists, male artists are profiting off of being very lovey-dovey with their other teammates in terms of in a BL sense," they say.

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