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snugly
[snuhg-lee]
adverb
in a way that is warmly comfortable or cozy, sheltered, safe, etc..
Our cottages are nestled snugly in 35 acres of gardens and natural bush.
The marina is snugly placed in the southwest corner of the harbor, at the root of the breakwater.
closely or tightly to the contours of a person’s body or other object.
The threaded pipe should fit snugly into the hole without any gap that dirt can get through.
The nurse wrapped the blood pressure cuff snugly around my upper arm.
neatly and compactly.
That leftover tuna salad will fit snugly in this 1-cup airtight container.
with enough money or other supports or advantages to feel secure and comfortable.
The financier despised these fat little clients living so snugly on their unearned incomes.
Other 51Թ Forms
- unsnugly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of snugly1
Example Sentences
Set up your double boiler: you want a medium-sized pot or saucepan with about an inch or two of water, and then a heat-proof bowl which fits snugly atop the pot.
But now, with three parallel decades of Allen’s increased creative laziness and Burns’ own comfortable mediocrity, the label fits more snugly.
And while the series itself has the edge needed to fit snugly into the Christmas action movie subgenre, the omnipresent glow of lights supplies a Kubrick-ian, “Eyes Wide Shut” touch.
But it was evened out by how snugly he fits beside the gentle mammoth that, yes, I shopped for when I had reached my limit of trying and trying and trying to adopt.
Harnesses automatically wrap over us snugly and lock into place as screens across the dashboard light up.
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