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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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Returns show the LDP on a path to win a comfortable majority on its own, which amounts to a landslide.

From The Wall Street Journal

Born in Macroom, County Cork, he had a comfortable upbringing as the son of an accountant and a retired office worker, according to a profile by The Times newspaper's Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund.

From BBC

The app allows runners to go at any comfortable speed for easy runs, she added.

From The Wall Street Journal

With household income over $200,000 a year, he and his wife, Judy, who works as a teacher’s aide, live a comfortable life in the suburbs of St. Louis.

From The Wall Street Journal

At its core is a man entirely comfortable in being his own self.

From BBC

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