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cozy

or ³¦´Ç·²õ²â

[ koh-zee ]

adjective

cozier, coziest.
  1. comfortable and snug:

    We live in a cozy little house with a small garden in the back.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. convenient or beneficial, usually as a result of dishonesty or connivance:

    A very cozy agreement between competing firms had kept the industry profitable for years.

  3. suggesting opportunistic or conspiratorial intimacy:

    The exposé revealed a cozy relationship between lobbyists and some politicians.

  4. discreetly reticent or noncommittal:

    The administrators are remaining cozy about which policy they plan to adopt.

  5. relating to a genre of mystery stories with little suspense, explicit violence, or sexual content, often also having amateur sleuths and idyllic, intimate settings:

    I read lots of different books, but I like cozy mysteries best.

    Charming characters and just the right amount of danger make this cozy series a delight to read.



noun

plural cozies.
  1. a padded covering for a teapot or coffeepot to retain the heat of the contents.
  2. a mystery story with little suspense, explicit violence, or sexual content, often also having amateur sleuths and idyllic, intimate settings:

    I started out reading cozies and moved on to the hard-boiled detective novels.

verb (used with object)

cozied, cozying.
  1. to make more warm or comfortable (often followed by up ):

    New curtains would cozy the room up a bit.

verb phrase

  1. Informal.
    1. to move closer for comfort or affection:

      Come over to the fire and cozy up a bit.

    2. to try to become friendly or intimate in order to further one's own ends; attempt to ingratiate oneself:

      He's always cozying up to the boss.

cozy

/ ˈ°ìəʊ³úɪ /

adjective

  1. the usual US spelling of cosy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³¦´Ç³ú¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ³¦´Ç³ú¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³¦´Ç·³ú¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
  • ³¦´Ç·³ú¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cozy1

First recorded in 1700–10; from Scots colsie, perhaps from Scandinavian; compare Norwegian koselig “c´Ç³ú²â,†kose seg “to enjoy oneselfâ€
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Example Sentences

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The open-format space boasts a cozy book nook with scores of Black photography books.

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“The plants make me feel cozy,†she says.

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Griffiths doesn’t fight against the formula, he just takes our expectations for every scene and gingers them up a little, the movie version of a cozy sweater threaded with tinsel.

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“Ludwig,†created and written by Mark Brotherhood, is a six-episode cozy mystery in which each episode’s one-off cases are the fancy dress to a serialized mystery connecting the season.

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During a Sunday in mid-March, Taylor worked his way down a row of cozy homes in east Oakland on a door-knocking mission to whip up votes.

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