pudgily

With soft roundness

In a pudgy manner—with the soft, rounded quality of someone slightly chubby.

The word typically describes movement or physical presence: He waddled pudgily across the room, Her fingers pudgily gripped the cookie.

chubby

rotund

Round and plump

  • plumpAgreeably fat, well-filled
  • tubbySomewhat fat, endearingly
  • portlyHeavyset, especially around waist

stout · chunky · roly-poly · corpulent · heavyset · stocky · thickset · paunchy · fleshy · full-figured

movement

waddling

Swaying gait, short steps

lumbering · shuffling · trundling · rolling · swaying · bobbing · plodding · ambling · tottering

soft

cushiony

Soft and yielding

bouncy · wobbly · doughy · yielding · supple · pliable · spongy · squashy · billowy · plushly

cute

adorably

In an endearing manner

cuddly · cherubic · lovably · doll-like · squishy · huggable · snuggly · baby-faced · dumpling · mochi

Opposites
body fat/plumpness

pudgilygauntly

In a thin, angular way

skinnily · leanly · scrawnily · thinly · slenderly

Family

pudginess, pudgier, pudgiest

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