adj
Meaning 1
Suitable for cuddling; designed to be cuddled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a cuddly teddy bear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cuddly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈkʌdli/
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/ˈkʌdəli/
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/ˈkʌdl̩i/
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rhymes with -ʌdli
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Fond of or prone to cuddling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My girlfriend is very cuddly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
inviting cuddling or hugging
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a cuddlesome baby
- a cuddly teddybear
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cuddlesome
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: krammelig — Suitable for cuddling
- Dutch: minzaam — Suitable for cuddling
- Dutch: hartelijk — Suitable for cuddling
- Dutch: knuffel- — Suitable for cuddling
- Finnish: paijattava — Suitable for cuddling
- French: câlin — Suitable for cuddling
- German: knuddelig — Suitable for cuddling
- German: kuschelig — Suitable for cuddling
- German: anschmiegsam — Suitable for cuddling
- German: verschmust — Suitable for cuddling
- Hungarian: bújós — Suitable for cuddling
- Hungarian: ölelkezős — Suitable for cuddling
- Italian: da coccolare — Suitable for cuddling
- Macedonian: мил (mil) — Suitable for cuddling
- Macedonian: при́влечен (prívlečen) — Suitable for cuddling
- Norwegian Bokmål: kosete — Suitable for cuddling
- Persian: بغل کردنی — Suitable for cuddling
- Plautdietsch: nuzhlich — Suitable for cuddling
- Polish: milusiński — Suitable for cuddling
- Polish: milusi — Suitable for cuddling
- Portuguese: acariciável — Suitable for cuddling
- Russian: привлека́тельный (privlekátelʹnyj) — Suitable for cuddling
- Spanish: achuchable — Suitable for cuddling
- Spanish: acariciable — Suitable for cuddling
- Spanish: abrazable — Suitable for cuddling
- Swedish: gosig — Suitable for cuddling
- Swedish: kramgo — Suitable for cuddling
- Swedish: kelig — Suitable for cuddling
- Swedish: kelen — Suitable for cuddling
- Swedish: kelsjuk — Suitable for cuddling