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adjective

Cute adj.

Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. (Colloq.)

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.

Smart-alecky or impertinent; as, a cute remark.

Affectedly clever.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cute" Quotes from Famous Books

... You filthy monster, disguised as a girl! When you get in a spot where I'm sure to find you out, you have a cute trick up your sleeve—but it won't work. You can send me back there—back to the rest of your kind, from wherever they came. But you won't fool me into thinking you're human again. You can't ...

— Pursuit • Lester del Rey

... turning, "I guess the laugh's on me. I didn't see you, Mr. Smith. Pugsy's been tellin' me how you sent him for the Table Hills yesterday. That was cute. It was mighty smart. But say, those guys are goin' some, ain't they now! Seems as if they was dead set on ...

— Psmith, Journalist • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

... isn't a cunning baby, where'll you find one?" whispered brother Horace to Prudy. "Grandmother can't punish her after such a 'cute speech." ...

— Dotty Dimple's Flyaway • Sophie May

... a cute little body," he muttered, with a chuckle, as he sat down to rest a moment, and plan his course of action, "and it is lucky for me that she happened to be in St. Louis just at this time and stopping ...

— True Love's Reward • Mrs. Georgie Sheldon

... they had, in which John was at last defeated, And "Yankee Doodle" was the march to which his troops retreated. Cute Jonathan, to see them fly, could not restrain his laughter; "That tune," said he, "suits to a T—I'll sing it ever after!" Old Johnny's face, to his disgrace, was flushed with beer and brandy, E'en while he swore to ...

— De La Salle Fifth Reader • Brothers of the Christian Schools

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