2. pleasantly attractive, in a delicate way; -- said of
children, young ladies, pet animals and some objects, but
seldom of adults; as, a cute child; a cute kitten; a cute
little house; a cute statue.
[PJC]
3. smart-alecky or impertinent; as, a cute remark.
[PJC]
4. affectedly clever. --RHUD [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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cute — started out in the 18c as a shortened form of acute in the meaning ‘quick witted, clever’; for a while it was often written with an apostrophe, and will be found that way in Dickens. This meaning has died out in BrE but is still a feature of AmE … Modern English usage
