cutelyadv.
/ˈkjuːtli/, U.S. /ˈkjutli/ colloquial.
In a cute manner, acutely.
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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adverb]
sharplyc897
redlyc1275
wellc1450
finely1538
aptly1578
acutely1600
shrewdly1600
penetratingly1670
sagaciously1678
penetratively1697
cutely1762
keenly1824
downily1845
percipiently1924
insightfully1932
sharp-wittedly1934
1762 S. Foote Orators i. 9 I did speechify once at a vestry..and came off cutely enough.
1864 M. C. Harris Louie's Last Term 79 So he pricked up his ears, and said cutely [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1762- cut lunch
- cut make a shine
- cut mallow
- cut monkeyshines
- cut nail
- cut of one's jib
- cut off
- cut off a corner
- cut off at the pass
- cut off by the shins
- cut off more than one can chew
- cut off one's nose
- cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- cut off with a shilling
- cut one another's throats
- cut one'a bit of mutton with
- cut one's cloth according to one's calling
- cut one's eye
- cut one's eye at a person
- cut one's eyes
- cut one's eyes at a person
- cut one's eyeteeth
- cut one's loss
- cut one's losses
- cut one's lucky