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cuddly Definition

cud·dly (kud)

adjective cuddlier -·dlier, cuddliest -·dli·est

  1. having a quality or nature which invites cuddling
  2. fond of cuddling
cuddly Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • toy: Well how about a cuddly toy or book of bedtime stories?
  • mascot: Cedric the Dragon was at the festival - the charities cuddly green charity mascot.
  • bunny: I liked Stez the best because he's a cuddly bunny who does not suffer fools gladly.
  • teddy: The cuddly teddy smiles at me from the pink card shop.
  • kitten: And the cuddly kitten kept drumming on for all his worth.
  • puppy: Of all the cute and cuddly puppies and kittens you could have chosen, why did you choose to keep vampire bats as pets!

Modifying Another Word

  • very: Often seen with Lucy, a diminutive, tough, witty woman who always looked very cuddly.
  • so: I have never known cats to be so cuddly!
  • not: Some people will not accept the fact that bears are not cuddly.
  • rather: My darling daughter Katy thought it was rather cuddly.
  • too: It's much more like George Orwell's " Animal Farm " class warfare, and nobody comes off too cuddly.
  • much: It was a cuddly toy, but not so much cuddly as an embodiment of evil in low quality stitching.

Used with adjective complement

  • look: Amazingly there are people across the Atlantic who make Michael Howard look cuddly.

Browse dictionary entries near cuddly

  1. cuddling
  2. cuddliest
  3. cuddlier
  4. cuddlesome
  5. cuddled
  6. cuddle
  7. cuddies
  8. cudbear
  9. cud
  10. cucurbit
  1. cuddy
  2. cudgel
  3. cudgel one's brains
  4. cudgeled
  5. cudgeling
  6. cudgelled
  7. cudgelling
  8. cudweed
  9. cue
  10. cue ball