Modifies a noun

• job: Why can't I get the warm, dry, cushy jobs?

• number: Nick Clegg will be the new Home Affairs critic, a decently cushy number given he's up against Charlie the Elephant.

• life: Why should the taxpayer fork out to give him a cushy life in prison with meals, heating, clean bedsheets, tv etc?

• compromise: At every point cushy comfortable compromise was open to him.

• comfort: Caldara's wicked Empress Faustina embraces a form of Christianity that clearly implies cushy pastoral comfort.

• deal: Britain simply cannot afford the cushy deal signed last month.

Modifying Another Word

• pretty: On the other hand, the social benefits of marriage are pretty cushy.

• too: The nu... Don't make life too cushy for your bank.

• very: I'm having a very cushy time at present.

Used with adjective complement

• get: That?s why I came here, because it all got very cushy for me in Australia.