adorkable


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adorkable

(əˈdɔːkəbəl)
adj
socially inept or unfashionable in a charming or endearing way
[blend of adorable and dork]
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Clarke has a hugely expressive face, but too often she simply cycles back and forth between aggressively adorkable cutesiness and dewy-eyed pathos, as if she's continually modeling for either a Kewpie doll or a marble statue of the pieta.
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