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huggably

UK/ˈhʌɡ.ə.blɪ/

huggably adverb: friendly and approachably.

Adverb

huggably (comparative more huggably, superlative most huggably)

  1. Friendly and approachably
    • His eyes are brown bu they look coal-black, at once menacing and pathetic, set into a mischievous baby face whose expression can change in an instant from huggably endearing and childlike to slaveringly insane.2000, Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, page 237

Forms of huggably

comparativemore huggably
superlativemost huggably

Origin of huggably

From huggable + -ly.

Questions about huggably

What does huggably mean?
Huggably means friendly and approachably.
What part of speech is huggably?
Huggably is an adverb.
How do you pronounce huggably?
Huggably is pronounced /ˈhʌɡ.ə.blɪ/ (UK).

Words near huggably in the dictionary

  1. hugfests
  2. Hugg
  3. huggability
  4. huggable
  5. huggableness
  6. huggably
  7. Huggard
  8. Huggards
  9. hugged
  10. hugged it out
  11. hugged oneself

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