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单词 snugly
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snuglyadv.

Brit. /ˈsnʌɡli/, U.S. /ˈsnəɡli/
Etymology: < snug adj.1
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).
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