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Definition: Cuddly |
CuddlyAdjective1. Inviting cuddling or hugging; "a cuddlesome baby"; "a cuddly teddybear". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: CuddlySynonym: cuddlesome (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cuddly |
| English words defined with "cuddly": cuddlesome. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | In fact, I am so sweet and loveable, cuddly toys just sneer at me. (Press Gang; writing credit: Steven Moffat) | |
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| "Cuddly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 97.44% of the time. "Cuddly" is used about 156 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 97.44% | 152 | 25,494 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.56% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 156 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "cuddly": cuddly toy. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "cuddly": cuddly-duddly, cuddly-looking. | |
Ending with "cuddly": non-cuddly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
cuddly | 19 | cuddly dudley | 3 |
cuddly toy | 12 | cow cuddly | 3 |
cute and cuddly | 11 | cuddly animal | 2 |
cuddly noah | 10 | cuddly bear | 2 |
cuddly cute toy | 4 | cuddly fund toy uk wildlife | 2 |
cuddly necrobabes | 4 | cuddly kitty | 2 |
soft and cuddly | 4 | cathy heck cuddly noah | 2 |
applauses by clown cuddly dakin lovie person wonderful | 4 | cuddly doll kelly soft | 2 |
cuddly doll dream things | 3 | cuddly fund toy wildlife | 2 |
cuddly cuties | 3 | canine conrads cuddly | 2 |
cuddly soft kelly | 3 | bear.com cuddly | 2 |
cuddly denim | 3 | card cuddly e | 2 |
cuddly critters | 3 | blanket cuddly little | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "cuddly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | přítulný (affectionate), mazlivý (fond), lísavý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aanhalig (affectionate, caressing, cuddlesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | karesema (affectionate, caressing, cuddlesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نوازش کن , راحت (Beforehand, Comfort, Comfortable, Convenient, Cozy, Placid, Snug, Straight, Well). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tendre (cuddlesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oansjitsk (affectionate, caressing, cuddlesome). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anschmiegsam (affectionate, clinging, smooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μαζεμένοσ, αγκαλιαστόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ennivaló (kisgyerek), ölelnivaló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uddlycay приятный (agreeable, cushy, dulcet, enjoyable, graceful, grateful, jolly, likable, nice, palatable, peachy, pleasant, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, satisfactory, simpatico, soft, sweet-tempered), привлекательный (alluring, appealing, attractive, beguiling, catching, cunning, dinky, engaging, enticing, fetching, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice-looking, pretty, quaint, snazzy, well-favoured, well-looking, winsome). (various references) mimoso (affectionate, caressing, cuddlesome), zalamero (affectionate, bootlicker, caressing, cuddlesome, flattering, greasy, oily, smooth, smooth spoken, smooth tongued, smoothie, suave, unctuous). (various references) kramgod, kelig. (various references) yumuşacık (cottony, cuddlesome, downy, fleecy, fluffy, pillowy, silken, silky, velvety, wooly), sevimli (amiable, appealing, bonny, charming, cuddlesome, cunning, cute, delectable, fair, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice, pleasant, prettily, pretty, sapid, sympathetic, winning, winsome), kucaklanası (cuddlesome). (various references) схильний до обіймів. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Cuddly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Chuddley, coddy, cuddley, cudly, cudy, curdly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cuddly" (pronounced ku"dlē) |
| 3 | -d l ē | absurdly, acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, awkwardly, badly, baldly, belatedly, blandly, blindly, boldly, broadly, candidly, coldly, contentedly, cowardly, crudely, dastardly, deadly, decidedly, deservedly, determinedly, Diddley, doggedly, downwardly, evenhandedly, excitedly, fondly, friendly, gladly, godly, goodly, grandly, guardedly, haphazardly, hardly, heatedly, hurriedly, idly, inwardly, kindly, loudly, madly, markedly, medley, mildly, niggardly, oddly, otherworldly, outwardly, placidly, pointedly, profoundly, proudly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, Ridley, rigidly, roundly, rudely, ruggedly, sadly, secondly, shrewdly, solidly, soundly, splendidly, straightforwardly, stupidly, supposedly, thirdly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, unfriendly, ungodly, unprecedentedly, upwardly, validly, vividly, weirdly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, widely, wildly, worldly, wretchedly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-l-u-y" | |
-1 letter: cuddy. | |
-2 letters: duly. | |
-3 letters: cud, dud. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-d-l-u-y" | |
+2 letters: deucedly. | |
+4 letters: secludedly, uncandidly. | |
+5 letters: deductively, uncloudedly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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