snugly
/ˈsnʌɡli
/adverb
1In a comfortable, warm, and cosy or well-protected manner: the baby nestled snugly in his rescuer’s arms they were snugly tucked into bed...
- He confidently sailed his own boat with his family and crew all snugly asleep in their bunks below.
- The warmth of a bed, the soft warm covers pulled up snugly around her, and an adventure before her.
- They heard a groan from inside the tent, where Gladstone was wrapped up snugly in a sleeping bag.
1.1chiefly Irish With comparative ease; comfortably: he motored away to win snugly by three and a half lengths...
- He made every post a winning one when scoring rather snugly by two and a half lengths.
- The five-year-old won very snugly indeed, with Bongo Fury second and another Irish raider, Al Eile, coming back to his best staying on for third.
- Admittedly, he would probably have scored a trifle more snugly, but for erring at the penultimate obstacle.
2In a way that is tight or close-fitting; securely: the collar should fit snugly around your neck the phone sits snugly in the cradle...
- The hotel complex fits snugly into an existing depression in the ground.
- Suppose the switch has a nice firm click and the cord is snugly plugged into the outlet.
- Subsidence has caused the snugly fitted stones to move apart.