单词 | snugly |
释义 | snuglyadv. a. In a snug or comfortable manner; cosily, comfortably. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [adverb] softOE at likinga1398 commodiously1420 beinly?a1500 at home1531 in sufficiencec1550 softly1567 snugly1590 easefully1611 comfortably1634 cosily1721 lown1724 snug1766 lownly1788 tosh1808 comfily1917 1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 1 Being thus under saile, going so snugly downe, it made us all so merry. 1732 J. Whaley Coll. Poems 180 You,..the reigning Toast, may snuggly err, secure from Harm. 1799 T. Campbell Harper 15 How snugly we slept in my old coat of gray. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xiv. 279 Even in winter it was a sheltered and snugly sequestered spot. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiii. 202 She found herself snugly tucked up on the bed, with a blanket over her. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 220 He..professed himself to be snugly lodged. b. Neatly, trimly; closely, securely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > nearly or closely nighlyOE nighc1387 throng?a1425 justc1440 narrowly1487 foot-hot1513 meeta1522 hardly1554 fastlings1568 nearly1569 neara1592 close1596 closely1634 nicely1690 narrow1697 snugly1800 snug1831 tight1888 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb] > tightly or closely narroweOE straitc1200 straitly1338 sore1377 short1533 nearly1587 strictly1641 snug1674 chock1768 snugly1800 1800 Naval Chron. 4 134 These balls..might be stopped up snugly to the beams. 1901 J. Black Illustr. Carpenter & Builder Ser. 68 A..piece of heavy galvanized sheet iron is fitted into the groove with white lead, and then the parts are brought snugly together. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1590 |
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