"lovey-dovey" meaning in English

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          "text": "And then when she'd put me right off, and I didn't want her, she'd come all lovey-dovey, and get me. And I always went.",
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        "(informal) Affectionate in a rather mushy or oversentimental fashion."
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          "word": "kissy-kissy"
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          "word": "turteltäubig"
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