huggy

comparative huggier · superlative huggiest · alternative huggie

1. informalTending to hug; affectionate in a physical way.

   Sonia is an affectionate but not very huggy woman.

   2001, Joseph H. Berke, Beyond Madness: Psychosocial Interventions in Psychosis, page 197

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   Gordy, who looks sort of like a bear cub, only not cute, is a very huggy person.

   2007, Joseph Finder, Killer Instinct, page 58

   I wasn't typically a huggy person, but I knew better than to argue with anyone in Bones's genetic line.

   2004, Lani Diane Rich, Time Off for Good Behavior, page 136