cuddly

adjective cud·dly \ ˈkəd-lē , ˈkə-dᵊl-ē \

|Updated on: 17 Jun 2018

Examples: cuddly in a Sentence

Definition of cuddly

cuddlier; cuddliest

: fit for or inviting cuddling

a cuddly kitten

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Examples of cuddly in a Sentence

He is so big and cuddly.
their cuddly brand of commercialism

Recent Examples of cuddly from the Web

Photo: Yamaguchi Haruyoshi/Corbis/Getty Images Most of today’s socially assistive technology also is designed to be cuddly and cute, defying the stiff and scary stereotype associated with robots in the past.

— imani moise, WSJ, "For the Elderly Who Are Lonely, Robots Offer Companionship," 28 May 2018
But that doesn’t mean the bigger cats are any less cuddly or cute than their miniature counterparts, and Marky is here to prove it.

— sacbee, "At the SPCA: Marky | The Sacramento Bee," 2 May 2018
At the scene of where Poellitz's body was found, candles, balloons and cuddly bears sat on the road as passersby stopped to give their respects.

— christopher harress, AL.com, "Three dead as Mobile mourns fallen police officer," 21 Feb. 2018
The duo were cuddly during a lunch outing at the eatery Lemonade on Saturday, which came just weeks after it was announced that the Gossip Girl alum, 30, was recast in the BBC’s Agatha Christie drama due to the allegations raised against him.

— stephanie petit, PEOPLE.com, "Ed Westwick Steps Out with Girlfriend Jessica Serfaty Amid Fallout from Sexual Assault Allegations," 21 Jan. 2018
Perhaps gorilla Amy—who was raised in a zoo and speaks with the aid of a backpack-size computer that interprets her sign language—was supposed to be warm and cuddly.

— erin mccarthy, Popular Mechanics, "The 11 All-Time Scariest Animals in Movies," 7 July 2010
Swain is cuddly and cute, and has swooningly palpable chemistry with a handsome, shifty love interest played by Dyllon Burnside.

— richard lawson, HWD, "Pose Is Bold, Necessary Melodrama," 30 May 2018
And for the first time this week, videos posted to YouTube by the robotic dogs' creators, Boston Dynamics, show the not-so-cuddly canines prancing around autonomously.

— marwa eltagouri, chicagotribune.com, "Beware of robot dogs — coming to a business near you," 12 May 2018
Watch’ After a rather draining few weeks in the public life of Kanye West comes this vivid verse, on a new Travis Scott song (produced by Pi’erre Bourne) with a cuddly Lil Uzi Vert chorus.

— New York Times, "The Playlist: Christina Aguilera’s Bizarre Puzzle, and 13 More New Songs," 4 May 2018

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