comfortableness

[ kuhm-fer-tuh-buhl-nis, kuhmf-ter-buhl-nis ]

/ ˈkʌm fər tə bəl nɪs, ˈkʌmf tər bəl nɪs /

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noun

the quality of being comfortable or of affording ease or comfort, whether physical or emotional:These pants are made of smooth pure cotton for optimum comfortableness and movability.In the film, the conversation about sexuality took place in such a non-shaming way—I loved the comfortableness between the girl and her mother.

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Also 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/ .

Origin of comfortableness

comfortable + -ness

Words nearby comfortableness

come with the territory, COMEX, comfit, comfort, comfortable, comfortableness, comfort animal, comforter, comfort food, comforting, comfort letter

How to use comfortableness in a sentence

They felt comfortable that we had good protocols, that it was safe.
Plight at the Museum|Jen Trolio|November 20, 2020|Vox
Most hotels have desks in the room you can work at, though they are usually not terribly comfortable if you have to get in a few hours of work.
What you should consider before working remotely from a vacation destination|Rachel King|November 14, 2020|Fortune
People comfortable being far away from home will stay there longer than people who aren’t.
What You Can Learn from Living in Antarctica - Issue 92: Frontiers|Marissa Grunes|November 11, 2020|Nautilus
But, honestly, I thought I would feel a lot more comfortable flying with her at this point.
Michelle Wie West on her golf comeback plan: I want my daughter to see me play|ehinchliffe|November 10, 2020|Fortune

When you design something, you want to make it feel comfortable.
PS5 designer: ‘When I started drawing, it was much larger’|Joe Moore|November 9, 2020|Washington Post
It is a moral frost which no physical warmth or comfortableness could 68 counteract.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
Such comfortableness went too deep, was too much settled, too heavy, to make it thinkable that it should ever really be disturbed.
In the Mountains|Elizabeth von Arnim
I was only alive to the condensed confidential comfortableness of sharing a pipe and a blanket with a real friend.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville
And gently she removed her hat and gown, and her gestures and speech, and her comfortableness, from those august precincts.
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days|Arnold Bennett
There was an air of large comfortableness about Goshmeelee which was very pleasant to contemplate on a damp night.
Dusty Star|Olaf Baker