cushier; cushiest
: entailing little hardship or difficulty
a cushy job with a high salary
Examples of cushy in a Sentence
His uncle got him a cushy job in the city government.
a big cushy chair that's perfect for watching television
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Effie is out of touch with life outside the cushy Capitol and often finds herself at odds with Katniss.
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Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
The reward for doing everything he’s told is a lovely house, a cushy job and the world’s most enviable sports-memorabilia collection.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
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Madeline Cisneros, EW.com, 19 May 2024
The reward for doing everything he’s told is a lovely house, a cushy job and the world’s most enviable sports-memorabilia collection.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for cushy
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“Cushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cushy. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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