snugness

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.

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

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snug, snugly adv.

snugness n.

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snug ²  (sng)

n. Chiefly British

A very small private room in a pub.

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[Short for snuggery.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

snugness - a state of warm snug comfort cosiness, coziness 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

snugness

n (= cosiness, comfort) → Behaglichkeit f, → Gemütlichkeit f; (= cosiness and warmth) → mollige or behagliche Wärme; (= sheltered nature) → Geschütztheit f; (= closeness of fit: of garment) → guter Sitz