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cosiness

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Noun1.cosiness - a state of warm snug comfort
coziness, snugness
comfort, comfortableness - a state of being relaxed and feeling no pain; "he is a man who enjoys his comfort"; "she longed for the comfortableness of her armchair"
Translations
cosiness [ˈkəʊzɪnɪs] N [of room] → lo acogedor; (= intimacy) → intimidad f
cosiness [ˈkəʊzinɪs] coziness (US) n
[occasion] → intimité f; [atmosphere] → douceur f
[house] → confort m
cos lettuce [ˌkɒsˈlɛtəs] n → laitue f romaine, romaine f
cosiness, (US) coziness
n → Gemütlichkeit f, → Behaglichkeit f; (= warmth) → mollige Wärme; (of chat) → Freundschaftlichkeit f, → Traulichkeit f (dated)
cosiness [ˈkəʊzɪnɪs] n (of room) → comodità; (of atmosphere) → intimità, calore m
cosiness [ˈkəʊzɪnɪs] n (of room) → comodità; (of atmosphere) → intimità, calore m


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In short, the house in Saville Row, which must have been a very temple of disorder and unrest under the illustrious but dissipated Sheridan, was cosiness, comfort, and method idealised.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
When some rare operation was to be performed the theatre would fill up, but generally there were not more than half a dozen students present, and then the proceedings had a cosiness which Philip enjoyed.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He left its slightly stuffy cosiness with evident reluctance, but, all the same, remained out till the night was far advanced.
The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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