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cuddly

adjectiveattested in dialogue

  • //ˈkʌdli//
  • //ˈkʌdəli//
  • //ˈkʌdl̩i//

Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.

adjective

  1. 1

    Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.

    a cuddly teddy bear

  2. 2

    Fond of or prone to cuddling.

    My girlfriend is very cuddly.

Etymology

Etymology tree English cuddle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cuddly From cuddle + -y.

Forms

comparative
cuddlier
superlative
cuddliest
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).