snugly

1. 1.

   fitting closely

   “the vest fit snugly”
2. 2.

   safely protected

   “concealed snugly in his hideout”
3. 3.

   warmly and comfortably sheltered

   “sitting snugly by the fireside while the storm raged”

Questions about snugly

What does snugly mean?

snugly means "fitting closely". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in snugly?

snugly has 2 syllables: snug-ly. The stress falls on "snug". In IPA it is /ˈsnʌɡli/.

Is snugly a common word?

snugly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.