tweeness

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noun

The quality or state of being twee.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nountweeness (usually uncountable, plural tweenesses)

plural tweenesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe quality or state of being twee.

    They became shorthand for English style, like Staffordshire spaniels minus the tweeness.

    2009 March 13, Christopher Petkanas, “Blade Runner”, in New York Times
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    And please, no more tweenesses such as 'authors of the female gender' and 'paintings by ladies' (Issue One). They make the teeth curl and one wonders what you imagine paintings by women to look like.

    1985, Words, volume 1, page 6

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tweeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tweeness

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tweeness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tweeness.

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