lovey-dovey

[ luhv-ee-duhv-ee ]
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adjectiveInformal.
  1. amorously affectionate: a lovey-dovey couple.

Origin of lovey-dovey

1
1810–20; originally affectionate term of address; see love, dove1, -ey2

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How to use lovey-dovey in a sentence

  • It would be much more useful than all this lovey-dovey stuff.

    Changing Winds | St. John G. Ervine

British Dictionary definitions for lovey-dovey

lovey-dovey

adjective
  1. making an excessive or ostentatious display of affection

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