"cuddly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʌdli/, /ˈkʌdəli/, /ˈkʌdl̩i/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuddly.wav Forms: cuddlier [comparative], cuddliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌdli Etymology: cuddle + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cuddle|y}} cuddle + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} cuddly (comparative cuddlier, superlative cuddliest)
  1. Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled. Translations (Suitable for cuddling): krammelig (Danish), minzaam (Dutch), hartelijk (Dutch), knuffel- (Dutch), paijattava (Finnish), câlin (French), knuddelig (German), kuschelig (German), anschmiegsam (German), verschmust (German), bújós (Hungarian), ölelkezős (Hungarian), da coccolare (Italian), мил (mil) (Macedonian), при́влечен (prívlečen) (Macedonian), kosete (Norwegian Bokmål), بغل کردنی (Persian), nuzhlich (Plautdietsch), milusiński [masculine] (Polish), milusi [masculine] (Polish), acariciável (Portuguese), привлека́тельный (privlekátelʹnyj) (Russian), achuchable (Spanish), acariciable (Spanish), abrazable (Spanish), gosig (Swedish), kramgo (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cuddly-en-adj-EAB1t39t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'Suitable for cuddling': 89 11
  2. Fond of or prone to cuddling. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-cuddly-en-adj-Qnn0bInh Disambiguation of Personality: 33 67 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cuddlesome Derived forms: cuddly toy, cuddly-wuddly

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.