comfy

[kuhm-fee]

adjective

Informal.

comfier, comfiest 

1. comfortable.

comfy

/ ˈkʌmfɪ /

adjective

1. informal,  short for comfortable

Other Word Forms

• comfily adverb
• comfiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of comfy¹

1820–30; comf(ortable) + -y ², anomalously forming an adj.

Example Sentences

A comfy chair and a sofa faced a darkened electronic screen.

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This is a comfy mystery along the lines of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” and well worth a watch.

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Domestic Druidism: By bringing the inside outside these sculptures cast a sort of spell by making the world feel comfier, more habitable.

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Last month the White House said kitchen cabinets and “certain upholstered furniture”—no, not the comfy chair!—somehow pose a national-security threat and get 25% tariffs.

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“They sent my father to the border with only the clothes on his back,” Alvarado, now 85, told me in Spanish while sinking into a comfy couch at his daughter’s well-kept Anaheim home.

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Related Words

• homey 
• snug 
• soft