cushier; cushiest
: entailing little hardship or difficulty
a cushy job with a high salary
Examples of cushy in a Sentence
His uncle got him a cushy job in the city government.
a big cushy chair that's perfect for watching television
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There’s nothing quite like sinking into Brooklinen’s Super-Plush towels, with a cushy and absorbent Aegean Turkish cotton material that tops the list at 770 GSM.
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
Made with an orthopedic footbed, these toe-ring sandals are plush and cushy.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
Besides being a fraction of the price, the styles are cushy, easy to clean, and come in so many colors.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 13 June 2026
Ernst Baerwald’s odyssey from a cushy childhood in Frankfurt to his final days in a beautiful Berkeley mansion, with a long sojourn in Tokyo along the way, reads like, well, a novel.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
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Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2026
Made with an orthopedic footbed, these toe-ring sandals are plush and cushy.
—Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
Besides being a fraction of the price, the styles are cushy, easy to clean, and come in so many colors.
—Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 13 June 2026
Ernst Baerwald’s odyssey from a cushy childhood in Frankfurt to his final days in a beautiful Berkeley mansion, with a long sojourn in Tokyo along the way, reads like, well, a novel.
—Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
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“Cushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cushy. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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