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  • adverb Friendly and approachably

Etymologies

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From huggable +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • Perry is in negotiations to voice the role of Smurfette, one of those huggably blue creatures created by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford in 1958, reports Variety.

    Katy Perry Animated | CurveHouse.com 2010

  • Jenny and Christian seem like a lovely couple, and their son is huggably adorable but tends to like bouncing a ball on the bare hardwood floor.

    Pen-Elayne on the Web 2003

  • And Kibuishi has added to the mix some idiosyncratic and just plain cool story touches: One of Emily's robot companions, Morrie, shows his anxiety in senseless chatter and forehead sweat; Emily's favorite protector is pink and looks huggably like a bunny doll.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • And Kibuishi has added to the mix some idiosyncratic and just plain cool story touches: One of Emily's robot companions, Morrie, shows his anxiety in senseless chatter and forehead sweat; Emily's favorite protector is pink and looks huggably like a bunny doll.

    NPR Topics: News 2011

  • CLOUD is a huggably sweet TWILIGHT ZONE episode -- 62 total posts

    Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. 2010

  • This same attention to detail was paid to the "shape language" of the surroundings and the characters, including Russell, the egg-shaped, eager young scout; Dug, the huggably happy talking dog; and Kevin, the enigmatic emu/peacock/toucan-like bird.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • Something as perfect ordinary as the moistness of Despereaux's pink little mouse nose makes him huggably real.

    FlickFilosopher.com 2009

  • EXECS: No! ML: She's not sure she loves him anymore and he's huggably pathetic and desperately wants to stay hitched.

    Film.com Movie Blog 2009

  • EXECS: No! ML: She's not sure she loves him anymore and he's huggably pathetic and desperately wants to stay hitched.

    Film.com Movie Blog 2009

  • Something as perfect ordinary as the moistness of Despereaux's pink little mouse nose makes him huggably real.

    FlickFilosopher.com 2009

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