Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being adorable.
- noun The quality of being adorable.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Adorableness.
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- noun The property of being
adorable .Adorableness .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extreme attractiveness
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Examples
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And Hooker teacheth rightly, (736) “that by force of union, the properties of both natures (and by consequence, adorability, which is a property of the divine nature) are imputed to the person only in whom they are, and not what belongeth to the one nature really conveyed or translated into the other.”
The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630
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Yes, I do wish Terra Nova were more sophisticated, less cartoonishly written and acted and way less pandering to the supposed adorability of the Shannon kids.
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Cupcakes, cocktail sausages, sliders—miniature foods have an extra dose of adorability that makes them hard to resist.
Good Cheeses Come in Small Packages Sara Dickerman 2011
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Steve and I share a double-decker bunk room, and he comments on Ilona's adorability, before pulling the shades the sun doesn't set, but rather skims across the horizon and attempting to sleep in the pitching darkness.
Richard Bangs: Mind Sex with Strangers Richard Bangs 2011
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O'Loughlin is primarily a foil used to amplify Lopez's adorability quotient.
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Steve and I share a double-decker bunk room, and he comments on Ilona's adorability, before pulling the shades the sun doesn't set, but rather skims across the horizon and attempting to sleep in the pitching darkness.
Richard Bangs: Mind Sex with Strangers Richard Bangs 2011
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In case you haven't seen this latest spectacle of adorability ....
Dibs on the one in baby blue Roger Sutton 2008
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Holy guacamole, your family is just FLOODED with adorability.
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In case you haven't seen this latest spectacle of adorability ....
Archive 2008-11-01 Roger Sutton 2008
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Which makes it excruciatingly adorable -- indeed, it's right off the adorability charts.
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