cosily
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cosily (comparative more cosily, superlative most cosily) (British spelling)
- In a cosy manner.
- 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:
- 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.
- 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 183:
- It's hard to put your hands into the pockets of a suit coat. Mine were tucked away cosily in the deep pockets of my zipped-up leather jacket.