Adjective : a snug little house. ,a snug jacket. ,a snug harbor. ,a snug coterie of writers. ,a snug fortune. ,a snug hideout. From Dictionary.com.
Adverb : The shirt fit snug around the neck. From Dictionary.com.
Wriggling into them, Liir noticed an unfamiliar snugness. From Wordnik.com. [Son of a Witch]
It was a melancholy time, even in the snugness of the Dragon bar. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit] Reference
She feels the snugness of her bed, the warmth of sleep seeping into her body. From Wordnik.com. [The Impulse of Breathing] Reference
Jem wrapped himself in his mother's skirt with a sudden relish of warm snugness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864] Reference
The snug fit is incredibly important, and the degree of snugness is called hermeticity. From Wordnik.com. [Detectors 101] Reference
Every appointment of the room was long out of date, but nevertheless made for snugness and comfort. From Wordnik.com. [The Statesmen Snowbound] Reference
He breaks down the book into five different themes: snugness, scariness, smallness, lightness, and aliveness. From Wordnik.com. [Feeling Like a Kid (copy)] Reference
Because our Wonderoos diapers use snaps as opposed to Velcro, etc. we fasten the diaper to the same snugness each time. From Wordnik.com. [Part 3: Dr. Strangepoop: Changing Reusable Diapers: Step by Step | Thingamababy] Reference
He wiped his brow, congratulating himself on the snugness of his retreat and the auspicious beginning of his transgression. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
You are in the warmth, in the light and snugness, but we are walking in the frost and the storm, through the deep snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Schoolmistress and other stories] Reference
Or when it is storming terribly and that cosy feeling of warmth and snugness comes to us sitting before a fire dry and warm. From Wordnik.com. [Empire of Dreams] Reference
Ritchie is also providing a portrait of a scaled-down, domesticated England: Austen is invoked as the muse of English snugness. From Wordnik.com. [Social Theory at Box Hill: Acts of Union] Reference
It seems success in video game consoles isn't just determined by the snazziness of your machine, but the snugness of your niche. From Wordnik.com. [Nintendo Upbeat For 2007] Reference
He giggled to himself, slid down and into the snugness of the place, got out the last of the sandwiches his mum had made for him. From Wordnik.com. [Bottled Spider]
All the woodwork was painted white, and to a less jaundiced eye than mine the interior might have had an enticing look of snugness. From Wordnik.com. [The Riddle of the Sands]
It enhanced the feeling of snugness and security, made the place seem all the more cosy and his mother's presence all the more warm. From Wordnik.com. [A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away]
She tested the fiber on her wrists, subtly, attempting to do so inconspicuously, trying its snugness and strength, its effectiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Magicians of Gor]
The finished elastic will usually wind up about 4 shorter than your waist measurement, to get this snugness, but your mileage may vary. From Wordnik.com. [Helpfulness Edition - A Dress A Day] Reference
He was as particular about the comfortable arrangements of his part of the boat, as an old stage-driver is about the snugness of his box. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
Order was at last evoked, the furniture from the Rohais was brought in and the farm-house was made a model of snugness and comfort within. From Wordnik.com. [The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story] Reference
The snugness continues to the trunk, which is deep and wide, but has a relatively small opening that prevents large items from fitting in. From Wordnik.com. [Cadillac Gives STS a New Engine] Reference
For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blankets between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick; or the Whale] Reference
It added warmth, and, when snow was on the hill and ice in the stream, gave an air of social snugness which has deserted some of our modern mansions. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829] Reference
In the Turian camisk, because of its snugness and adjustment cords, it is easy, as you might well imagine, to leave little doubt as to the girl's beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Guardsman Of Gor]
It was a very tiny one; the whole house could conveniently have stood in the Chetwynde drawing-room; but Zillah declared that she delighted in its snugness. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
Wheeling; every year he got some little, hardly earned snugness for the house (he and Bone had been born in it, their grandfathers had lived there together). From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 59, September, 1862] Reference
They had reached a good degree of snugness and comfort; but. From Wordnik.com. [Bertram Cope's Year] Reference
The snugness of all-around cloth was an extension of his fetal existence. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
The garish sunshine of a warm day robs a house of all cosiness and snugness. From Wordnik.com. [His Sombre Rivals] Reference
A lamp was lit, and Frank was charmed with the comfort and snugness of the abode. From Wordnik.com. [By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War] Reference
Of course, they were they only ones who had a device and could test for snugness etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)] Reference
It is so heathenish, as it were, -- so unlike all the snugness of our modern civilization!. From Wordnik.com. [The Marble Faun - Volume 2 The Romance of Monte Beni] Reference
It is an audible aide that provides extra assurance when the harness is within range of appropriate snugness. From Wordnik.com. [Super Cool Baby] Reference
If their exceeding snugness had caused him discomfiture then his present sensations were nothing less than anguish. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Doc] Reference
At first the rain pattered gently on the leaves overhead, and we congratulated ourselves on the snugness of our situation. From Wordnik.com. [In the Wilderness] Reference
The sense of snugness that the small numbers produced was one great charm, and made Mr. Kendal come unusually far out of his shell. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Step-Mother] Reference
Phoebe talked of the snugness of being alone with her mother and Maria, and she succeeded in keeping both pleased with one another. From Wordnik.com. [Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster] Reference
He was as particular about the comfortable arrangement of his part of the boat, as an old stage-driver is about the snugness of his box. From Wordnik.com. [Moby Dick, or, the whale] Reference
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