twee
adjective
affectedly dainty or quaint.
tweeness
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a word derived from
twee.
Example Sentences
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It makes one believe that Murdoch’s tweeness is a handy attitude.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2023
Awarding the film just two stars, Bradshaw said: "The story, which might fill a 30-minute cartoon, is stretched as if by some AI program into a three-hour movie of epic tweeness."
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2022
The tweeness sets your American dentistry on edge, and “mummy” makes you think of ancient Egyptian corpses – and yet, you find yourself slowly yielding to the inevitable.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2019
There was grumbling about her tweeness, her witchy, unapologetic femininity.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 19, 2018
Somehow, Barklem's quartet of stories — although ostensibly about the festivities of bonnet-clad rodents — dodges tweeness and lands somewhere deeper and more resonant.
From Nature ● Dec. 6, 2016
