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Cute   /kjut/   Listen
adjective
Cute  adj.  
1.
Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. (Colloq.)
2.
Pleasantly attractive, in a delicate way; said of children, young ladies, pet animals and some objects, but seldom of adults; as, a cute child; a cute kitten; a cute little house; a cute statue.
3.
Smart-alecky or impertinent; as, a cute remark.
4.
Affectedly clever.





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"Cute" Quotes from Famous Books



... I ken, an' ye're no' the first that's been taken in by Nellie Sinclair. If ye notice, she never tells any thin' to anybody; but she lets ye carry the notion in your mind that she's in great straits. She's a cute one, Nellie." ...
— The Underworld - The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner • James C. Welsh
... "Nap! Don! But I'll show you something first, which, being fresh from the country, you've probably never seen before, though they do tell me people in Missouri are mighty cute." He then proceeded to show them what he called the Bull and Buffalo trick, the secret of which he offered to sell them for ...
— The Sorcery Club • Elliott O'Donnell
... you'd 'a' died laughing. She was there all alone, and she must 'a' spent five minutes getting a picture straight. It was funny as hell the way she'd stick out her finger to straighten the picture—deedle-dee, see my tunnin' 'ittle finger, oh my, ain't I cute, what a fine long ...
— Main Street • Sinclair Lewis
... wring," looking piteously from one little hand to the other. "I can iron cute, but I can't wring. Dorothy says that is one thing I shall have to give up, unless I can make my hands grow. ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 • Various
... Was a Chinee Kid, A cute little cuss, you 'd declare, With eyes full of fun And a nose that begun Right up at the roots of his ...
— Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories • Florence Finch Kelly


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