cutesy

cutesy
cutesiness, n.
/kyooht"see/, adj., cutesier, cutesiest. Informal.
forcedly and consciously cute; coyly mannered: cutesy greeting cards, with animals peeking from behind flowers.
Also, cutesie.
[1910-15; CUTE + -SY]

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