loveylov‧ey /ˈlʌvi/ noun [countable] British English spoken informal

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