snugnessn.
/ˈsnʌɡnɪs/ 1. The state, condition, or quality of being snug or comfortable; cosiness. Also personified.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun]
softa1400
makandec1450
self-ease1590
easefulnessa1639
snugness1766
comfortableness1783
comfort1814
cosiness1834
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > quality of being comfortable
snugness1766
cosiness1834
comfort1849
hygge1960
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. iv. 34 My house..was covered with thatch, which gave it an air of great snugness.
1766 W. Cowper Wks. (1837) XV. 11 I rejoice with you in the snugness of your situation.
c1790 T. Warton Phaeton & One-horse Chair 70 O'er me soft Snugness spreads her wings.
1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 179 The fields..are so small as to give them a peculiar air of snugness.
1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 4 All the softness and snugness of an eider-down pillow.
1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life xii. iii. 447 There is a well-known objection to extensive views as wanting in snugness and comfort.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun] > disposition to secrecy, secretiveness
secrecy1423
secretnessa1475
privacy1624
uncommunicativeness1751
snugness1778
secretiveness1815
cageyness1950
1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. Had I been allowed to preserve the snugness I had planned, I need not have concerned myself at all about its fate.
3. Neatness, trimness; compactness, closeness.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > smallness or scantiness of extent > compactness
brief1575
compactness1646
snugness1799
compact1817
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel with reference to qualities or attributes > [noun] > qualities of vessel > quality of being neat or trim
snugness1799
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 325 Though the Lincoln had the thicker pelt, and more wool, the thickness and snugness of frame of the Leicester made amends.
1802 Naval Chron. 7 178 She..has all the snugness on the water of a large frigate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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