"Oh, he got you a teddy bear for Valentines?" The girl said with a smile.
"That's so cute!"
Her best friend chuckled.
"Yes, I did find it rather endeering."
The girl squealed,
"Oh, your boyfriend got you a box of your favourite chocolates for Valentines? That's so sweet of him!"
A chuckle came from her best friend,
"Yes, I did find it rather endeering."
A description accorded to people whose behaviour is by normal standards considered weird or unusual, but is nevertheless deemed to be rather cute. The etymology of this word derives from encounters between one biracial bombshell and one tall, lanky American, the latter for which the term awkwardly endearing was coined for.
When a boy offers to buy a girl a cup of coffee out of gratitude for her having sent him notes. Although sweet the offer, in saying, "so you can snuggle up a little longer in bed in the morning", it is more than a tad bit weird. In other words, it is awkwardly endearing.