twee

Twee‘ is unlisted in the English Vocabulary Profile.  Google Oxford defines it as:

BRITISH excessively or affectedly quaint, pretty, or sentimental.
adverbaffectedly
in a way that is artificial, pretentious, and designed to impress.
adjectivequaint
attractively unusual or old-fashioned.
adjective sentimental
of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia.
A search for collocates in NOW corpus:

twee_JJ

1 TOO 143
2 LITTLE 124
3 BIT 120

It would have been easy to go a bit too twee with the classic cottage decor

but the owners have added more modern piecessuch as the statement light over the table, 

to ensure the home feels totally up-to-date.

walesonline.co.uk

4 POP 75
5 INDIE 66
6 SOUNDS 60
7 RATHER 58
8 SOUND 49
9 SLIGHTLY 41

This adjective is often related to music such as POP and INDIE.

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