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lovey-dovey

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lov·ey-dov·ey  (lv-dv)
adj. Informal
Expressing affection in an extravagantly sentimental way; mushy.
lovey-dovey
adj
making an excessive or ostentatious display of affection
Translations
lovey-dovey [ˌlʌvɪˈdʌvɪ] ADJ → tierno, sentimental
lovey-dovey
adj (inf) → turtelig, wie die Turteltauben; to be all lovey-dovey → völlig vernarrt ineinander sein (inf); lovey-dovey couple → (schmusendes) Liebespaar
lovey-dovey [ˈlʌvɪˈdʌvɪ] adj (fam) → melenso/a
lovey-dovey [ˈlʌvɪˈdʌvɪ] adj (fam) → melenso/a


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Their intellectual rigor also helped deflect attempts to reduce the discussion to a lovey-dovey dialogue.
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Pauline," their father had said, in a heavy, sighing tone, and after that had come the usual ruffled feathers and sharp words and tears and shouting and slamming and painful, obvious silences followed by (even worse) the icky-poo reconciliation scene a couple of days later, all lovey-dovey and cooing, the bedroom door shut and furtively locked, and their shy, foolish faces afterwards.
Indissoluble bonds by Allitt, Patrick / Commonweal
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