huggably en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈhʌɡ.ə.blɪ/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From huggable + -ly.
Meanings
-
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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most huggably | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more huggably | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Relateds
hug · huggable · huggableness