lovey
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of lovey
Example Sentences
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I didn’t want to make it all too lovey.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024
When I was deployed on an aircraft carrier, a lot more men than you might think brought some kind of lovey with them.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2021
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
Other little kids might have had a blanket or a stuffed animal as their lovey, but Emma had carried around a piece of paper like it was her favorite thing ever.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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