cush´i|ness

cush´i|ness
cush|y «KUSH ee», adjective, cusi|er, cush|i|est.
Informal. soft; comfortable; easy: »

a cushy job. Queen Alexandra…recounts her cushy Odyssean upbringing as the only child of a deposed Greek princess (New Yorker).

[< Hindustani khush pleasant + English-y1]
cush´i|ly, adverb.
cush´i|ness, noun.

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  • cush´i|ly — cush|y «KUSH ee», adjective, cusi|er, cush|i|est. Informal. soft; comfortable; easy: »a cushy job. Queen Alexandra…recounts her cushy Odyssean upbringing as the only child of a deposed Greek princess (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • cush|y — «KUSH ee», adjective, cusi|er, cush|i|est. Informal. soft; comfortable; easy: »a cushy job. Queen Alexandra…recounts her cushy Odyssean upbringing as the only child of a deposed Greek princess (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • cushy — cush•y [[t]ˈkʊʃ i[/t]] adj. cush•i•er, cush•i•est. Informal. 1) cvb involving little effort for ample rewards; easy and profitable: a cushy job[/ex] 2) cvb soft and comfortable • Etymology: 1910–15; prob. cush(ion)+ y III cush′i•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

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