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twee

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twee  (tw)
adj. Chiefly British
Overly precious or nice.
[Alteration of tweet, baby-talk alteration of sweet.]
twee
Adjective
Informal excessively sentimental, sweet, or pretty [from tweet, affected pronunciation of sweet]
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Adj.1.tweetwee - affectedly dainty or refined
dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim
refined - (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"
twee Brit.
adjective 1. sweet, pretty, cute, sentimental, quaint, dainty, cutesy (informal), chiefly U.S. bijou, precious
adjective 2. sentimental, over-sentimental, soppy Brit. (informal) mawkish, affected, precious
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