adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a cosy atmosphere (= when a building, room etc is small, comfortable, and warm )
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With its low ceilings and open fire, the house has a cosy atmosphere.
a cosy chat (= a relaxed and usually private one )
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I made some coffee and we had a cosy chat.
tea cosy
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
too
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They've called him back. Too cosy with Amin, Bob said.
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But the danger is that things get too cosy .
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This from a book recently accused by one of its own columnists as being too cosy with Microsoft.
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Had that sounded a little too cosy ? she wondered.
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In practice the relationship between the two has been all too cosy .
very
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I sat by the fire, very cosy and happy, and waited for him.
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You two looked very cosy , chatting away out on the deck.
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Spirits are raised - then downed very quickly - and it's all very cosy .
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We even had a coal burning stove on board and very cosy it was on the cold evenings.
■ NOUN
bar
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The cosy bar has an open fire.
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There is a small but cosy bar where live music is played daily.
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There is a small cosy bar with open-air tables.
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Regusse, the walled village nearest the site, with its narrow streets and cosy bars was ideal for winding down.
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Downstairs there's a breakfast room and guests can relax in the cosy bar .
chat
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Instead John Major invites 200 carefully selected friends along for a cosy chat about how rosy the Tory garden is.
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These cosy chats often last longer than the lecture itself, but I don't mind.
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By now, an artificially cosy chat with an old school friend would have been irrelevant, even an irritant.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The fire had been lit and the room looked bright and cosy .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It wasn't as cosy as Mrs Burbanks' guest house or even as Highbury.
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Most people like some form of bedside lighting - either for reading in bed or simply to create a cosy atmosphere.
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Sexy underwear's got nothing on thermal britches and vests when it comes to keeping you cosy in the depths of winter.
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The bar is warm and cosy , with an open fire and oak beams.
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The flickering lamp above their heads and the patches of colour round the walls gave the room a cosy lived-in air.
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They all liked the cosy life.