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snugly

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snug 1  (sng)
adj. snug·ger, snug·gest
1. Comfortably sheltered; cozy.
2. Small but well arranged: a snug apartment. See Synonyms at comfortable.
3.
a. Closely secured and well built; compact: a snug little sailboat.
b. Close-fitting: a snug jacket.
c. Nautical Seaworthy.
4.
a. Offering freedom from financial worry: a snug living.
b. Safe; secure: a snug hideout.
v. snugged, snug·ging, snugs
v.tr.
To make snug or secure.
v.intr.
To nestle; snuggle.
Phrasal Verb:
snug down Nautical
To prepare (a vessel) to weather a storm, as by taking in sail or securing movable gear.

[Of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish snygg, neat, trim.]

snug, snugly adv.
snugness n.

snug 2  (sng)
n. Chiefly British
A very small private room in a pub.

[Short for snuggery.]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.snugly - fitting closely; "the vest fit snugly"
2.snugly - safely protected; "concealed snugly in his hideout"
3.snugly - warmly and comfortably sheltered; "sitting snugly by the fireside while the storm raged"
Translations
snugly [ˈsnʌglɪ] ADV
1. (= cosily) wrap your baby snugly in a blanketabrigue bien a su bebé con una manta
the children were snugly tucked up in bedlos niños estaban bien abrigados en la camalos niños estaban bien tapaditos en la cama
2. (= tightly) make sure the doors close snuglyasegúrate de que las puertas encajan bien al cerrarlas
it fits snugly [jacket] (= well) → queda bien ajustado or ceñido or (esp LAm) justo; [one object in another] → encaja perfectamente
snugly [ˈsnʌgli] adv
[wrap, dress] → chaudement
to fit snugly [clothes] → être ajusté(e)
snugly
adv
(= cosily)gemütlich, behaglich; snugly tucked in, snugly tucked up (in bed)mollig warm eingepackt (im Bett)
(= tightly) closefest; fitgut
snugly [ˈsnʌglɪ] advcomodamente
it fits snugly (object in pocket) → ci sta giusto/a giusto/a (garment) → sta ben attillato/a
snugly [ˈsnʌglɪ] advcomodamente
it fits snugly (object in pocket) → ci sta giusto/a giusto/a (garment) → sta ben attillato/a


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We were all dressed alike: broad slouch hats, to keep the sun off; gray knapsacks; blue army shirts; blue overalls; leathern gaiters buttoned tight from knee down to ankle; high-quarter coarse shoes snugly laced.
Not indeed that I can hope to put into words the charm of those embowered cottages, like nests in the armpits of great trees, tucked snugly in the hollows of those narrow, winding, almost subterranean lanes which burrow their way beneath the warm-hearted Surrey woodlands.
At the same moment the bird fluttered down upon the hat and once more sat snugly on her eggs.
 
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