Cosy meaning in English

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Definition

cozy (US), cosy (UK): comfortable, homely, warm, snug, secure, intimate adjective
Get cozy: Put yourself at ease, make yourself at home, relax idiom

Examples

  • "Mrs. Brady's International School of English is a cosy, family-run language centre which offers the perfect opportunity to study English with real English people."
  • "Low ceiling with concrete beams gives cozy feel"
  • "Get cosy on the sofa over there."
Exercise 1
Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the dialogue

Dr. Donna tells Susie to make herself comfortable on the sofa. She says "Get on the sofa over there".

Later, she tells Susie that finding a boyfriend is a delicate, or sensitive topic.
Donna says that finding a boyfriend "is a subject".
Fill in the blanks below with terms used in the dialogue

Dr. Donna tells Susie to make herself comfortable on the sofa. She says "Get cosy 1 on the sofa over there".

Later, she tells Susie that finding a boyfriend is a delicate, or sensitive topic.
Donna says that finding a boyfriend "is a touchy 2 subject".
1 cosy: The term "cosy" (UK) or "cozy" (US) means "comfortable" or "at ease". When Dr. Donna tells Susie to get "cosy" on the sofa she wants Susie to make herself comfortable or at ease by sitting down on the sofa.
2 touchy: A "touchy" subject is one which is "delicate" or "sensitive". Touchy subjects are often personal. In this dialogue, Dr. Donna suggests that Susie's difficulties finding a boyfriend is a "touchy" subject.

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