adorable

«adorable» in Mova's school dictionary: Very sweet, cute and lovely, so that you want to cuddle… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (adorable, more adorable, most adorable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Very sweet, cute and lovely, so that you want to cuddle or look after it: «an adorable puppy». tree →

2) Charming and easy to love. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday talk people use «adorable» for babies, small animals and cute things, and sometimes for a funny thing someone says. In stories it shows that a character finds someone sweet. Stronger than «cute». Phrases: «absolutely adorable», «so adorable».

examples

• The puppy with the floppy ears is adorable! tree →
• My baby cousin looks adorable in his little hat. tree →
• Grandma thought my drawing was adorable. tree →
• The kittens were curled up in an adorable heap. tree →
• «You're adorable,» said the girl to her hamster. tree →
• The lamb's wobbly first steps were adorable. tree →
• The King, much moved, said, ‘Adorable Princess, dry your tears. tree →

note

Spelling: adore + able, drop the «e» of adore: adorable. Noun: adorableness (rare). Can sound babyish if said about an older child; some people don't like being called adorable.

In the corpora

• Before -able, a final e usually drops (adorable) but stays after soft c or g (noticeable, changeable).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «adorable» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.