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twee  (tw)

adj. Chiefly British

Overly precious or nice.

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[Alteration of tweet, baby-talk alteration of sweet.]

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twee

Adjective

Informal excessively sentimental, sweet, or pretty [from tweet, affected pronunciation of sweet]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

twee - 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"

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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