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comfortable

American  
[kuhmf-ter-buhl, kuhm-fer-tuh-buhl] / ˈkʌmf tər bəl, ˈkʌm fər tə bəl /

adjective

  1. (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease.

    a comfortable chair;

    comfortable shoes.

  2. being in a state of physical or mental comfort; contented and undisturbed; at ease.

    to be comfortable in new shoes;

    I don't feel comfortable in the same room with her.

  3. (of a person, situation, etc.) producing mental comfort or ease; easy to accommodate oneself to or associate with.

    She's a comfortable person to be with.

  4. more than adequate or sufficient.

    a comfortable salary.

  5. Obsolete.  cheerful.

noun

  1. Chiefly Northern U.S.  a quilted bedcover; comforter.

comfortable British  
/ ˈkʌmfətəbəl, ˈkʌmftəbəl /

adjective

  1. giving comfort or physical relief

  2. at ease

  3. free from affliction or pain

  4. (of a person or situation) relaxing

  5. informal  having adequate income

  6. informal  (of income) adequate to provide comfort

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Other Word Forms

  • comfortability noun
  • comfortableness noun
  • comfortably adverb
  • quasi-comfortable adjective
  • quasi-comfortably adverb
  • supercomfortable adjective

Etymology

Origin of comfortable

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Anglo-French word confortable. See comfort, -able

Example Sentences

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That’s on the back of an ongoing migration to online car buying, which currently accounts for only 2% of used-vehicle sales, “as consumers get more comfortable with purchasing online,” he said.

From MarketWatch

Being asked live on TV "did you lie?" is never a comfortable question for a chancellor to be facing in the days after giving a really significant Budget.

From BBC

Despite the Raiders’ record, the home team can’t get too comfortable.

From Los Angeles Times

Would we be comfortable living at that high of an altitude?

From MarketWatch

The new chief executive will have to be confirmed by the full council next week, but Reform UK has a comfortable majority and the process is expected to be a formality.

From BBC

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