lovey
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lovey
Example Sentences
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Dear Amy: Thank you for sticking up for the teenager who brought his "lovey" to his grandmother's house "Embarrassed Gran."
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2021
You know the wonderful old lovey actors, slightly predatory thespians, who did long, long warmups and taught me how to use greasepaint — which we were still using in 1983.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2020
I spent my whole pregnancy angry and resentful, but I kept thinking the happy, lovey feelings would come later.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2018
He’d be kissing the receiver and lavishing affection – ‘Hello, lovey dovey’ – on a dog!
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2012
Sure, it’s a little lovey and sappy, but it expresses how music makes me feel most of all: HAPPY!!
From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez
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