— cutely , adv. — cuteness , n.
/kyooht/ , adj., cuter, cutest , adv. , n.
adj.
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.
adv.
4. Informal. in a cute, charming, or amusing way; cutely: In this type of movie the boy and girl always meet cute.
n.
5. the cutes , Informal. self-consciously cute mannerisms or appeal; affected coyness: The young actress has a bad case of the cutes.
[ 1615-25; aph. var. of ACUTE ]