cutesy

Buoyed by its cutesy fairytale metaphor, it collected citations steadily for a few years before gaining wider notice a decade later.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The company's cutesy name comes from an emoji, smiling with open hands to convey human warmth.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

The film’s weak point is that it’s too cutesy at times.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

Gladys can be animated and kind of cutesy, and when she wants to drill you down she will do that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026

He began looking through the sweatshirts, trying to find one that wasn’t too cutesy, but Kaira went straight to a charcoal gray wool jacket hanging on display.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

My fiancée and I call each other “booboo,” which I guess is a cutesier iteration of “boo.”

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2018

Instead of simply printing the name of the dentist’s office on our jerseys, as was the custom, our coaches opted for a cutesier take.

From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2018

Take the manage-a-town vibe of the Animal Crossing series and dial it back to architecting just the homes, and you get Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, like a cutesier version of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

From Time ● Sep. 23, 2015

The cutesier components of the redesign, such as buttons curling up and smiling, may or may not improve the experience for regular consumers as part of what Allison calls the “people” focus of his company.

From Forbes ● Jun. 3, 2013

“Thank you for helping me” is one of its cutesiest phrases, but if it gets stuck or runs into a problem, it will keep talking until you rescue it.

From The Verge ● Jan. 17, 2022

And it’s cutesiest in a silent movie, by Amalie Atkins of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, that’s projected inside a white felt tent filled with fake snow.

From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2012

“This is probably a terrible business idea,” wrote Ms. Jeffries, who also called Loffles, “the start-up with the cutesiest name.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2011