[
US
/ˈsnəɡɫi/
]
[ UK /snˈʌɡli/ ]
[ UK /snˈʌɡli/ ]
ADVERB
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safely protected
concealed snugly in his hideout -
fitting closely
the vest fit snugly -
warmly and comfortably sheltered
sitting snugly by the fireside while the storm raged
How To Use snugly In A Sentence
- Heat the oil in a casserole dish, ideally one that fits the meat snugly (or use a large frying pan and then transfer the joint to a casserole dish).
- the vest fit snugly
- That 'yont the hallan [324-36] snugly chows her cood; [324-37] Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8
- Were it not for that jar or _tinaja_ of _aguardiente_ which the old man keeps so snugly in the corner of his burrow, he would have withered up long ago, like the mummies of the Great Saint Bernard. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860
- At Mrs. J's direction, Sara propped his legs up on a couple of down pillows, covered him snugly and bathed his forehead with a cool washcloth.
- But users of MP3 players often wear headphones that sit snugly in the ear. The Sun
- To overcome this problem one enterprising manufacturer now produces narrow contoured baskets which fit snugly on to the shelves of all popular designs.
- The town was snow-covered, too, and the frozen river, and wherever one went, the air was full of the gay jingle-jangle of countless sleighbells, while the streets were thronged with a motley collection of equipages, from the luxuriously upholstered double sleigh with its swaying robes and floating plumes, down to the shapeless home-made "pung" with its ragged, unlined buffalo skin snugly tucked in about the shawled and veiled grandma, who smilingly awaited her good man while he purchased the week's supply of groceries. Half a Dozen Girls
- The sling on his left shoulder held his injured arm snugly against his body.
- Now here she was in her dark blue strapless dress wrapped snugly in Ethan's coat a can of coke in her hand.