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English
Etymology
From cuddle + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌdli/, /ˈkʌdəli/, /ˈkʌdl̩i/
- Rhymes: -ʌdli
- Hyphenation: cud‧dly
Adjective
cuddly (comparative cuddlier, superlative cuddliest)
- Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.
a cuddly teddy bear
- Fond of or prone to cuddling.
My girlfriend is very cuddly.
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Translations
Suitable for cuddling
- Danish: krammelig
- Dutch: minzaam (nl), hartelijk (nl), knuffel-
- Finnish: paijattava
- French: câlin (fr)
- German: knuddelig (de), kuschelig (de), anschmiegsam (de), verschmust (de)
- Hungarian: bújós, ölelkezős
- Italian: da coccolare
- Macedonian: мил (mil), при́влечен (prívlečen)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kosete
- Persian: بغل کردنی
- Plautdietsch: nuzhlich
- Polish: milusiński m, milusi m
- Portuguese: acariciável
- Russian: привлека́тельный (ru) (privlekátelʹnyj)
- Spanish: achuchable (es), acariciable, abrazable (es)
- Swedish: gosig (sv), kramgo (sv)
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