1731, "clever, sharp, smart," shortening of acute; informal sense of "pretty" is by 1834, American English colloquial and student slang. Related: Cutely; cuteness.
a cute little apartment
a cute kid with pigtails
a child with intolerably cute mannerisms
cut
cut-and-paste
cutaneous
cut-away
cutback
cute
cutesy
cutey
cuticle
cutie
cutlass