cuddly

«cuddly» in Mova's school dictionary: soft, warm and nice to hug — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (cuddly, cuddlier, cuddliest)

meaning for a pupil

1) Cuddly means soft, warm and nice to hug. tree →

2) A cuddly person or animal is friendly and likes to be hugged, or is a little plump in a pleasant way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life young children have a cuddly toy at bedtime; puppies and kittens look cuddly. In stories cuddly describes a friendly, gentle character. Safety: a wild animal that looks cuddly, like a bear, can still be dangerous. Phrases: cuddly toy, cuddly teddy, cuddly animal.

examples

• My sister sleeps with her cuddly rabbit. tree →
• Kittens are so cuddly. tree →
• The fair gave cuddly toys as prizes. tree →
• Grandma is warm and cuddly. tree →
• Koalas look cuddly, but they have sharp claws. tree →
• He won a big cuddly bear. tree →

note

Comparison: cuddly, cuddlier, cuddliest. Verb: cuddle. «Cuddly toy» is British; Americans say «stuffed animal» or «plush toy».

In the corpora

• "Cuddly" said of a person often means fat, in a warm way.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cuddly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.