Mar 26, 2008
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cute /kyut/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kyoot] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, cut·er, cut·est, adverb, noun
–adjective 1. attractive, esp. in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
2. affectedly or mincingly pretty or clever; precious: The child has acquired some intolerably cute mannerisms.
3. mentally keen; clever; shrewd.
–adverb 4. Informal. in a cute, charming, or amusing way; cutely: In this type of movie the boy and girl always meet cute.
–noun 5. the cutes, Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness: The young actress has a bad case of the cutes.
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[Origin: 1615–25; aph. var. of acute]
—Related forms
cutely, adverb
cuteness, noun
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adj. cut·er, cut·est
Delightfully pretty or dainty.
Obviously contrived to charm; precious: "[He] mugs so ferociously he kills the humor—it's an insufferably cute performance" (David Ansen).
Shrewd; clever.