a. [f. CUSHION sb. + -Y.] Resembling a cushion in shape, softness, etc.

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1839–47.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 908/1. The soft cushiony end of the nose.

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1866.  Flint, Princ. Med. (1880), 245. The emphysematous portions … have a soft, cushiony feel.

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