snugly

adverb

snug·​ly

: in a snug manner

pipers, with their beribboned bagpipes snugly tucked

—W. B. Ready

while old tenants have sat snugly in their apartments paying a comparatively small rent

—Gerda Luft

extended series of small incidents that must fit snugly together

—Arthur Knight

music is no longer fitted so snugly to the word as before

—Alfred Einstein

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