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Definition of Cutesy
1. Adjective. Overly, affectedly or unnecessarily cute; too cute to be taken as serious. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cutesy
1. self-consciously cute [adj -SIER, -SIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cutesy
Literary usage of Cutesy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1848)
"If the cause of the divorce be for causes arising before marriage, the right to
cutesy, as well as to other rights growing out of the marriage, is gone, ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Common Pleas, and ...by John Bernard Bosanquet, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Christopher Puller, A. Moore, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber by John Bernard Bosanquet, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Christopher Puller, A. Moore, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1826)
"... case t was an absolute fee on which the cutesy attached. But estates created
with in express condition like the present, lever became absolute. ..."
3. Teaching the Best Practice Way: Methods That Matter, K-12 by Harvey Daniels, Marilyn Bizar (2005)
"Far from being loosey-goosey or touchy-feely (it's interesting to note how often
progressive practices are demeaned by cutesy epithets), these structures ..."
4. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"A really nice hotel, although it may be a little cutesy for some. Petersburg has
a good assortment of B&Bs. Get a complete list from the Visitor's Bureau. ..."
5. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"... to watch helplessly as Xerox marketers dropped the ball and a tiny start-up
by the humiliatingly cutesy name of Apple carried it into the end zone), ..."
6. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1824)
"... and hold the lands till she is cutesy. repaid two thirds of the money she has
advanced. 31. A woman entitled to a jointure out of lands that are in ..."
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