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cuddlesome

  • a variation of cuddly.
    cuddly
    adjective
    suitable for or inviting cuddling.
  • a word derived from cuddle.
    cuddle
    verb (used with object)
    to hold close in an affectionate manner; hug tenderly; fondle.

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How, for instance, did the studio turn a furry, animated monster into a life-like horned beast, all while maintaining a bit of cuddlesome princely charm?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2017

Dear Frankie, I was utterly delighted to get your cuddlesome letter.

From New York Times ● May 25, 2013

Even after he warms up and becomes an enthusiastic dad who defers to his son, he is more shark than cuddlesome papa bear.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2011

I want to blame someone for my cuddlesome predicament.

From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2010

When Walt Disney made a motion picture of Bambi, his artists based their images on the Great North Woods of Maine, but this was palpably not a Disney forest of roomy glades and cuddlesome creatures.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson