comfortable
(of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair;comfortable shoes.
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.
(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.
more than adequate or sufficient: a comfortable salary.
Obsolete. cheerful.
Chiefly Northern U.S. a quilted bedcover; comforter.
Origin of comfortable
1Other words from comfortable
- com·fort·a·ble·ness, com·fort·a·bil·i·ty [kuhm-fer-tuh-bil-i-tee, kuhmf-ter-bil-i-tee], /ˌkʌm fər təˈbɪl ɪ ti, ˌkʌmf tərˈbɪl ɪ ti/, noun
- com·fort·a·bly, adverb
- qua·si-com·fort·a·ble, adjective
- qua·si-com·fort·a·bly, adverb
- su·per·com·fort·a·ble, adjective
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How to use comfortable in a sentence
Depending on your make and model, and the grips you get, you may have to do a little wire-running, but they are generally pretty simple to install and an affordable item that will help keep you comfortable in the field.
Six ways to make your ATV even more rugged | By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceTechnically, the Ronny is an angler’s PFD, but it’s so versatile and comfortable that I wear it every time I’m on the river.
The Gear That Lets Me Enjoy the Last Days of Summer | Graham Averill | September 15, 2020 | Outside OnlinePolling in 2019 at the outset of the first-ever serious campaign for president by an “out” candidate, Pete Buttigieg, showed that 68 percent of Americans were comfortable or enthusiastic about a bid like his for the nation’s highest office.
The future, we concluded, will therefore be lightweight, powerful, well-suspended and comfortable.
22 of the weirdest concept motorcycles ever made | By John Burns/Cycle World | September 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceGitLab, the all-remote company that makes tools for software developers, encourages its employees to buy whatever they need to get comfortable, within reason.
We prefer to wave away the warning signs; like The Interview, Mulholland Drive was comfortably downplayed as over-the-top satire.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack | James Poulos | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was one of those men who could comfortably move from comedy to drama, from drama to comedy, to drama with comedy.
How Mork Melted the Fonz: Henry Winkler Recalls Robin Williams’s Storming ‘Happy Days’ Debut | Tim Teeman | August 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTContempt for the middle class is often barely concealed among those most comfortably ensconced in the emerging class order.
In the Future We'll All Be Renters: America's Disappearing Middle Class | Joel Kotkin | August 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe faces a tea-party challenger in a primary tomorrow for various little apostasies, but he is expected to win comfortably.
Brazilian women were able to sit comfortably next to men, cheering on their team.
We might live very comfortably together now, Mr. Samuel, eh?
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensIsaac Bolum had fixed himself comfortably on two legs of his chair, with the projecting soles of his boots caught behind the rung.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson LloydThere was only one obstacle to his walking quietly and comfortably away, which was that the door was locked and the key gone.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensAnd under it on benches the usual crowd gathered reposing comfortably thereunder from day to day.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxAnd as she snuggled comfortably beneath the eiderdown a sense of restfulness invaded her, such as she had not known before.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
British Dictionary definitions for comfortable
/ (ˈkʌmftəbəl, ˈkʌmfətəbəl) /
giving comfort or physical relief
at ease
free from affliction or pain
(of a person or situation) relaxing
informal having adequate income
informal (of income) adequate to provide comfort
Derived forms of comfortable
- comfortableness, noun
- comfortably, adverb
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