lovey

Word family  noun love lover loveliness. lovey adjective lovable ≠ unlovable loveless lovely loving unloved verb love adverb lovingly

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++lov·ey /ˈlʌvi/ noun [countable] British English spoken informal  WOMANa word used to address a woman or child, that many women think is offensive 亲爱的，宝贝〔对女人或孩子的称呼，很多女性认为具有冒犯性〕 → luvvie

Examples from the Corpus

lovey• You'd better tell me before you run out of breath, lovey.• But, lovey, that's no great crime.• There are consequences, lovey, didn't Sartori tell you that?• We all do, lovey, we all do.• He was careless, true, but that's not murder, that's manslaughter, lovey.• Are you not well, lovey?

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lovey
lov‧ey /ˈlʌvi/ noun [countable] British English spoken informala word used to address a woman or child, that many women think is offensive
⇨ luvvie

lovey (also luvvy) BrE /ˈlʌvi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈlʌvi/ 🔊 noun (BrE, informal) used as a friendly way of addressing sb （昵称）亲爱的，心肝，宝贝◆Ruth, lovey, are you there? 鲁思，宝贝，你在吗？🔊🔊