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cozily

cozily is the US standard spelling of cosily.

Meaning of cosily

Adverb

cosily (comparative more cosily, superlative most cosily)

  1. (UK) In a cosy manner.
    • This brought them to the fireside, where the easy chair was drawn cosily up, and the tea things stood ready to the sitter’s elbow, the very sugar in the cup.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Last Night”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 86

Forms of cozily

comparativemore cozily
superlativemost cozily

Origin of cozily

From cozy + -ly.

Questions about cozily

What is cozily the US standard spelling of?
Cozily is the US standard spelling of cosily.

Words near cozily in the dictionary

  1. coziers
  2. cozies
  3. cozies up
  4. cozies up to
  5. coziest
  6. cozily
  7. Cozin
  8. Cozine
  9. Cozines
  10. coziness
  11. cozinesses

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