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cuddly

[kuhd-lee]

adjective, -dli·er, -dli·est.

suitable for or inviting cuddling: a cuddly teddy bear.

Also, cud·dle·some

[kuhd-l-suhm] .

Origin:
1860–65; cuddle + -y¹

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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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cuddle (ˈkʌd^əl)

—vb (foll by up)
1.	to hold (another person or thing) close or (of two people, etc) to hold each other close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; embrace; hug
2.	to curl or snuggle up into a comfortable or warm position

—n
3.	a close embrace, esp when prolonged

[C18: of uncertain origin]

'cuddlesome

—*adj*

'cuddly

—*adj*

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