"cuddly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʌdli/, /ˈkʌdəli/, /ˈkʌdl̩i/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cuddly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cuddlier [comparative], cuddliest [superlative]
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  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)
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  2. Fond of or prone to cuddling.
    Sense id: en-cuddly-en-adj-Qnn0bInh Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cuddlesome Derived forms: cuddliness, cuddly toy, cuddly-wuddly
Categories (other): Personality Disambiguation of Personality: 0 0

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish cuddle\nProto-Indo-European *-kos\nProto-Germanic *-gaz\nProto-West Germanic *-g\nOld English -iġ\nMiddle English -y\nEnglish -y\nEnglish cuddly\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-gaz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-g\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-iġ\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-y\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-y\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"cuddly\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"cuddly\">\nFrom cuddle + -y.",
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "cuddlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cuddliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "cuddly (comparative cuddlier, superlative cuddliest)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "cud",
        "dly"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
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              2,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "text": "a cuddly teddy bear",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Suitable",
          "suitable#English"
        ],
        [
          "cuddling",
          "cuddling"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ],
        [
          "cuddle",
          "cuddle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              28
            ]
          ],
          "text": "My girlfriend is very cuddly.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Fond of or prone to cuddling."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cuddling",
          "cuddle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌdli/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌdəli/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌdl̩i/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌdli"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "cuddlesome"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "lang_code": "da",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "krammelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "minzaam"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "hartelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "knuffel-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "paijattava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "câlin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "knuddelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "kuschelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "anschmiegsam"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "verschmust"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "bújós"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "ölelkezős"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "da coccolare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "mil",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "мил"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "prívlečen",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "при́влечен"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "kosete"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "lang_code": "fa",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "بغل کردنی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "lang_code": "pdt",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "nuzhlich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milusiński"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "milusi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "acariciável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "privlekátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "привлека́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "achuchable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "acariciable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "abrazable"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "gosig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "Suitable for cuddling",
      "word": "kramgo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cuddly"
}

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