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Meanings of twee in inglês

Affectedly dainty or refined.

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        Lovely or loveable because it is small and pretty.

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              Examples for "dainty"
              Examples for "dainty"
              1
              Sweet and dainty were the damsels, alike in raiment and in face.
              French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France
              2
              And a jade platter of dainty food calls for a million coins.
              Throne of Jade
              3
              It ripples in dainty dance, or tumbles down in cascades of joy.
              Spirit and Music
              4
              In the open doorway she shone, looking the smallest of dainty things.
              The Research Magnificent
              5
              He swung the dainty mite up in his arms and kissed her.
              The Jungle Girl
              1
              He saw Mzu, her small figure unmistakable in its prim business suit.
              The Neutronium Alchemist
              2
              The papers extended across the hall and into a prim, fleckless parlor.
              Anne of Avonlea
              3
              The house does not look so prim as it used to do.
              The Sea-Witch; Or, The African Quadroon: A Story of the Slave Co...
              4
              The small, prim, stylish mother looked quite regal in her aristocratic rage.
              The Mystery of Mary
              5
              There was a noticeable stiffening of the prim figure of Mrs. Gaston.
              The Prince of Graustark
              1
              The problem was, he'd never managed to master the perfect, mincing walk.
              Ruthless
              2
              Beside the Bishop rode the Prior of Emmet upon a mincing palfrey.
              The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
              3
              One officer superintended the mincing, another exercised a general supervision over all.
              The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
              4
              He spoke with the clipped, mincing utterance of the typical Prussian officer.
              The Man with the Clubfoot
              5
              There was a doubting, almost a resentful, tone in the mincing voice.
              What Timmy Did
              1
              You're a brave lass for all your niminy-piminy lingo.
              The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
              2
              "Rawchester!" exclaimed Lady Montfort, "what, 'Niminy-Piminy'?"
              Endymion
              3
              "I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!"
              Little Women
              Usage of twee in inglês
              1
              Some of the shops were just a bit twee, I must admit.
              The Lost Continent
              2
              Think of it as positivity without the twee platitudes and motivational quotes.
              News.com.au
              3
              Auckland's queen bees of twee-pop haven't played much around these parts lately.
              Radio NZ
              4
              There was always this air of twee artifice pushing in on everything.
              The Lost Continent
              5
              With the twee, self-congratulatory filters it looked -well, twee and self-congratulatory
              Wired
              6
              You either think she's a quiet genius or a sickeningly twee menace.
              The Irish Times
              7
              Without the twee, self-congratulatory filters, it looked like a photo of garbage.
              Wired
              8
              Some will find his boyish voice twee; his songs too tender.
              The Guardian
              9
              It can appear twee and cliched and almost unbelievably Pebble Mill.
              The Guardian
              10
              Plus Overlooks a river Minus The arched window frames are twee
              The Irish Times
              11
              It seems that the twee did inherit the Earth after all.
              The Irish Times
              12
              By 1976, the Rollers were twee and trite, yesterday's teen icons.
              The Guardian
              13
              Take two symbols of America: the twee clapboard house and the Wal-Mart style hangar.
              The Guardian
              14
              The approach is occasionally twee but rarely less than comprehensive.
              The Irish Times
              15
              When restaurants dial up the twee they tend to dial down the food ambition.
              The Irish Times
              16
              Sure, The Gathering is in itself slightly cynical and twee.
              The Irish Times
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