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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.
  • noun The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality of being adorable, or worthy of adoration.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or quality of being adorable or attractive.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun extreme attractiveness

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Examples

  • You cannot throw a college graduate of "sports journalism" into a vice presidential debate and expect anything other than a certain poise, a certain "adorableness" as the thing gets tougher, and stupidity as a certainty.

    Obama Way Ahead In Today's Tracking Polls 2009

  • This story is quite sad and horrifying on several levels: though we don't know why she did it, the fact that the woman willingly placed herself in a potentially deadly situation, with such horrific consequences, may stem from the fact that animals such as polar bears are played up for their "adorableness" and the reality, that these are creatures who do not care to be your giant teddy bear and should be considered quite dangerous when threatened or provoked, gets lost in the cuddly marketing of such things.

    Jezebel 2009

  • Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.

    James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011

  • I'm very partial to Mikuru because she oozes awkward moe adorableness.

    my saturday tragic_elegance 2009

  • Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.

    James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011

  • Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.

    James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011

  • Except … Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel re-teamed to present at the Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards, and their wonder twin powers of adorableness seriously activated:

    John Krasinski, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Zooey Deschanel: Cute-off! | EW.com 2009

  • Dog-less travelers can participate in Fido Fridays and Bachelor Brunches, eating up the adorableness of the hotel's two new puppy additions, a Saint Bernard and an English Cream Golden Retriever named Bachelor and Miner. $125 cleaning fee per room for dogs $25 donated to the ASPCA, ritzcarlton.com

    Haute Hotel Happenings Sara Clemence 2011

  • Once there we just climbed the little ladder to our bed in the eaves, so the next morning, we were unprepared for the picture-book adorableness of our surroundings.

    Summer holidays: 10 of the best trips for couples 2011

  • Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.

    James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011

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