different between lovely vs cutie

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?v?l?, IPA^(key): /?l?vli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English lufl?c (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love +? -ly.

Adjective

lovely (comparative lovelier, superlative loveliest)

1. Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
   • 1915, Herman Cyril McNeile, The Lieutenant and Others

     His pink coat was lovely
2. Very nice, wonderful.
3. (obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
4. (obsolete) Loving, filled with love.

Synonyms

• beautiful
• charming
• lovable
• lovesome
• loving
• See also Thesaurus:beautiful

Derived terms

• lovelily
• loveliness
• unlovely

Related terms

• loverly
• lovingly

Translations

Adverb

lovely (comparative more lovely, superlative most lovely)

1. (informal) In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.

Noun

lovely (plural lovelies)

1. (informal) An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.

   Synonyms: pretty, darling

2. Term of fond address.
3. A lovely object.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English lovely, loveli, lofli, lovelike, lovelic (“praiseworthy; laudatory”), equivalent to lofe +? -ly. Cognate with Dutch loffelijk (“laudable, praiseworthy”), German löblich (“commendable, laudable, praiseworthy”), Swedish lovlig (“permissible”). More at lofe, love.

Adjective

lovely (comparative lovelier or more lovely, superlative loveliest or most lovely)

1. (archaic) Worthy of praise.

Anagrams

• volley

Middle English

Adjective

lovely

1. lovely: loving, filled with love

   • Many a lovely loke on them he cast.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kju?ti/
• Rhymes: -u?ti

Etymology 1

cute +? -ie.

Noun

cutie (plural cuties)

1. A cute person or animal.
   • 2009, Sara Roahen, Gumbo Tales: Finding My Place at the New Orleans Table (page 239)

     Before every visit, I'm convinced that the tourists will have used all the napkins, the pigeons will have roosted beneath the chairs, the sidewalk musicians will be playing classic rock, the servers will all be high school cuties […]

Usage notes

• Often used as a term of endearment.

Translations

Derived terms

• cutie pie

Etymology 2

A brand name of a particular cultivar of orange.

Noun

cutie (plural cuties)

1. A clementine: a small, waxy-peeled orange hybrid cultivar that is easy to peel by hand.
2. (by extension) Any small mandarin orange variety such as a tangerine or a satsuma.

Romanian

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (kutu, kut?), from Greek ????? (koutí).

Noun

cutie f (plural cutii)

1. box (rectangular container)

Declension