as in cute
making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred
it's easy to make smart-ass jokes about death when you're not the one who's dying
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Adjective
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The knotted fabric straps have an elevated look, making these cute enough to wear with your favorite sundresses and skirts.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
1 June 2025 -
Shows can only be so cute or funny or familiar or fresh.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The outright comedy relief (notably Milo Mechem-Miller and Christopher Burnside as Bill-and-Ted-like sidekicks to the Prince) doesn’t quite work; ditto the attempt to paint Snow, the Prince and their friends in flippant modern-youth terms, while simultaneously selling classic fairy-tale romance.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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But in the wider community, the word can sound flippant or even objectifying.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Smart-ass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smart-ass. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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